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Gull (AM 74)
Gull Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 12 June 1928 as the trawler Boston College by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME; Launched, 17 October 1928; Acquired by the Navy, 30 August 1940; Commissioned Gull (AM 74), 3 December 1940; Decommissioned, 25 July 1944 at Quincy, MA; Struck from the Naval Register, 22 August 1944; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 15 May 1946 and sold to Gudron Inc., Boston, MA; Renamed Gudron; Gudron was lost in 1951 (no details available as to her loss).
Specifications: Displacement 410 t.; Length 124' 3"; Beam 23'; Draft 10' 8"; Speed 9 kts; Complement unknown; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount; Propulsion, one diesel engine, one shaft.
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