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AM / MSF-387 Toucan



Call sign: November - India - Golf - Echo



Toucan served the Navies of the United States and the Republic of China

Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 16 February 1944 at the American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, OH; Launched, 15 September 1944; Commissioned USS Toucan (AM-387), 25 November 1944; Placed out of commission, in reserve, 1 July 1946 at San Diego, CA; Recommissioned, 27 October 1950; Redesignated Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) MSF-387, 7 February 1955; Decommissioned, 1 May 1957 and assigned to the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group; Withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet, 27 May 1964 for conversion; Transferred to the Republic of China, 22 December 1964 and redesignated PCE-45; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). Sunk by Mainland Chinese Boats, 6 August 1965.

Specifications: Displacement 890 t.(lt); Length 221' 2"; Beam 32' 2"; Draft 11'; Complement 117; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 40mm; Speed 18.1 kts; Propulsion, two 3,532shp General Motors diesel engines, two screws.
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Toucan 110k At fitting out pier, Cleveland, Ohio 24 November 1944. DANFS
Toucan 22k US Navy photo Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
PCE-45 35k Seen as Chinese PCE-45 P. Han

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