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Willet (Minesweeper No. 54 / AM 54)
ARS-12


Lapwing Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 19 May 1919 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard; Launched, 11 September 1919; Commissioned USS Willet (Minesweeper No. 54), 29 January 1920; Decommissioned, 29 May 1920 and loaned to the Shipping Board; Reclassified as a Salvage Vessel ARS-12, 13 September 1941; Declared surplus, 1 December 1947; Struck from the Naval Register, 5 December 1947; Sold for scrap 2 November 1948 to Joseph Demaso, Miami, FL.

Specifications: Displacement 840 t.; Length 187' 10"; Beam 35' 5'; Draft 8' 10"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 85; Armament two 3"/50 gun mounts; Propulsion triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, two Babcock & Wilcox boilers, one shaft.


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Willet 115k ARS-12
U. S. Navy photo from the November 1946 issue of All Hands magazine
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DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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