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Chimo (ACM 1)

Chimo served both the US Army (briefly) and Navy

Chimo Class Auxiliary Minelayer: Laid down in 1943 for the U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps, Mine Planter Service as Colonel Charles W. Bundy at Marietta Manufacturing Co., Point Pleasant, WV; Launched, (date unknown); Converted to an Auxiliary Minelayer at the Norfolk Navy Yard; Acquired by the Navy, 7 April 1944 and commissioned USS Chimo (ACM 1) the same day; Decommissioned, 21 May 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the War Shipping Administration and sold 28 September 1948. Fate unknown. Chimo received two battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 1,300 t.; Length 188' 2"; Beam 37'; Draft 12' 6"; Speed 12 kts; Complement 69; Armament one 40mm gun mount, four 20mm mounts; Propulsion, steam reciprocating engines, twin screws, 1,200 shaft hp.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	47k	-		Charles Gross
	56k	In drydock at Sasebo, Japan		Charles Gross

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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Association of Minemen

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