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Motive (AM / MSF 102)


Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 14 April 1942 by the General Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Alameda, CA; Launched, 17 August 1942; Commissioned, USS Motive (AM 102), 17 April 1943; Decommissioned, 15 June 1946 at San Diego, CA; Reclassified as a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hulled) MSF-102, 7 February 1956; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1966; Sunk as a target, 1968. Motive earned three battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 890 t.; Length 221' 2"; Beam 32'; Draft 10' 9"; Speed 18 kts; Complement 105; Armament, one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, six single 20mm gun mounts, one "Hedge Hog," two depth charge tracks, four depth charge projectiles; Propulsion two diesel engines, two shafts.
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