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LSI(L)-694
Chaffinch (AMCU 18)


AMCU-7 Class Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator): Laid down, 28 May 1944 by George Lawley and Son, Neponset, MA; Launched, 6 June 1944; Commissioned USS LSI(L)-694, 13 June 1944; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Named Chaffinch and reclassified a Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator) AMCU-18, 7 March 1952; Conversion to AMCU-18 began, 21 September 1953 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA; Conversion completed, 12 April 1954; Chaffinch was never recommissioned. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 260 t.; Length 159'; Beam 23' 8"; Draft 5' 8"; Speed 14.4 kts; Complement 41; Armament two 20-mm mounts; Propulsion General Motors diesel engines, 1,800shp, two shafts.
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