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AM / MSF-124 Threat


Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 16 December 1941 at the Savannah Machine and Foundry Co., Savannah, GA; Launched, 15 August 1942; Commissioned USS Threat (AM 124), 14 March 1943; Decommissioned, 31 May 1946; Reclassified Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) (MSF 124), 7 February 1955; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1972; Sold, 1 February 1973 to the Mexican Government under the Security Assistance Program. Fate unknown. Threat received three battle stars for World War II service.

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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Velocity 131k Nested between Velocity (AM 128) and Prevail (AM 107). Shanghai, China. December 1945. Dennis E. Wright
Velocity 38k Nested between Velocity (AM 128) and Prevail (AM 107). Shanghai, China. December 1945. Hyperwar USN in World War II

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