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AM-56 Osprey



Call sign: November - Alpha - Zulu - Charlie


Osprey sank 5 June 1944

Raven Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 28 June 1939 at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA; Launched, 24 August 1940; Commissioned USS Osprey (AM-56), 16 November 1940; Sunk after striking a mine in the English Channel, 5 June 1944 enroute to Normandy invasion beaches; Struck from the Naval Register, 22 August 1944.

Specifications: Displacement 810; Length 220' 5"; Beam 32'; Draft 9' 5"; Speed 18.1 kts; Complement 105; Armament two 3"/50, two depth charge tracks.
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Osprey 27k - Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
Osprey 104k c. November 1942, North Africa.
National Archives Photo 19-N-23990
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