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Raven (AM/MSF 55)


Raven Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 28 June 1939 at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA; Launched, 24 August 1940; Commissioned, 11 November 1940; Decommissioned USS Raven (AM 55), 31 May 1946 and place in reserve at San Diego, CA; Reclassified Mine Sweeper, Steel Hulled (MSF 55), 7 February 1955; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1967; Sunk as a target, 1967 off southern California. Raven earned three battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 1,040 (f).; Length 220' 6"; Beam 32' 2"; Draft 9' 4"; Speed 18 kts; Complement 105; Armament one 3"/50, two 40mm.
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DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen


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