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Sentry (AM / MSF 299)

Call sign: November - Quebec - Papa - November

Sentry served the Navies of the United States and South Vietnam.
Admirable Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 16 May 1943 at Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Co, Seattle WA.; Launched, 15 August 1943; Commissioned USS Sentry (AM 299), 30 May 1944; Decommissioned, 19 June 1946 at Orange, TX; Reclassified as a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled), MSF-299, 7 February 1955; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 February 1962; Transferred to the Republic of Vietnam, 31 August 1962 and renamed Ky Hoa (HQ 09). Fate unknown. Sentry was awarded a Navy Unit Commendation, a Presidential Unit Citation and earned six battle stars for World War II service.
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 dcpth charge tracks; Propulsion two two 1,710 bhp Cooper Bessemer diesel engines, two shafts.
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