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Serene (AM / MSF 300)

Serene served the Navies of the United States and South Vietnam.
Admirable Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 8 August 1943 by the Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Co., Winslow, WA; Launched, 31 October 1943; Commissioned USS Serene (AM 300), 24 June 1944; Decommissioned, 19 July 1946 at Orange, TX; Reclassified a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) MSF-300, 7 February 1955; Transferred to South Vietnam, 24 January 1964 and renamed Nhut Tao (HQ 10); Struck from the Naval Register, 1 August 1964. Fate unknown. Serene earned three battle stars for World War II service and three for post-war minesweeping operations.
Specifications: Displacement 945 t.; Length 184' 6"; Beam 33'; Draft 9' 9"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 80; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two 1,710 bhp Cooper Bessemer diesel engines, two shafts.
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