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AM-115 Skill


Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down 28 November 1941 at American Shipbuilding, Cleveland O; Launched 22 June 1942; Commissioned USS Skill (AM-115), 17 November 1942; Final Disposition, lost to enemy action, off Salerno Italy, 25 September 1943; Struck from the Naval Register 11 November 1943.

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