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PCE-905
Execute (AM / MSF 232)


Admirable Class Minesweeper: Laid down, (date unknown) as PCE-905 by the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co., Seattle, WA; Launched, 22 June 1944; Commissioned USS Execute (AM 232), 15 November 1944; Decommissioned, 6 August 1946 at Orange, TX; Reclassified Fleet Minesweeper MSF-232, 7 February 1955; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1962. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 540 t.(lt), 795 t.(fl); Length 184' 6"; Beam 33'; Draft 9' 9"; Speed 15 kts; Complement 104; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, six single 20mm gun mounts, one depth charge thrower (hedgehogs), four depth charge projectiles (k-guns), two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two, 1,800 shp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
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Execute 126k Signed by the ship's sponser, Mrs. Raymond J. Huff, 15 November 1944. Kamaryn Tanner

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
Historic Naval Ship Association
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