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Gannet (MSC 290)
Albatross Class Coastal Minesweeper: Laid down, 1 May 1959 by the Tacoma Boat Building Co., Tacoma, WA; Launched, 26 May 1960; Commissioned, USS Gannet (MSC 290), 14 July 1961; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, 1970. Fate unknown.
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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