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Albatross (MSC 289)


Albatross Class Coastal Minesweeper: Laid down, 26 February 1959 by Tacoma Boat Building Inc., Tacoma, WA; Launched, 22 March 1960; Commissioned, USS Albatross (MSC 289), 20 April 1961; Decommissioned, 1 April 1970 at Sasebo, Japan and struck from the Naval Register the same day; Sold for scrap, November 1970 to Kitajima Shokai Co., Ltd., Sasebo, Japan.

Specifications: Displacement 320 t.; Length 144'; Beam 28'; Draft 9'; Speed 13 kts; Complement 50; Armament one 40 mm gun mount; Propulsion General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
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Association of Minemen

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