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Heed (AM / MSF 100)
Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, (date unknown) by the General Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Alameda, CA; Launched, 19 June 1942; Commissioned, USS Heed (AM 100), 27 February 1943; Decommissioned, 15 January 1947 at San Diego, CA; Recommissioned, 5 March 1952; Decommissioned, 27 January 1954 at Orange, TX; Reclassified as a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hulled) MSF-100, 7 February 1956; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 March 1967. Fate unknown. Heed earned five battle stars for World War II service.
Specifications: Displacement 1250 t.; Length 221' 2"; Beam 32'; Draft 10' 9"; Speed 18 kts; Complement 105; Armament, one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, two single 20mm gun mounts, two depth charge tracks, five depth charge projectiles; Propulsion two diesel engines, two shafts.
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