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Champion (AM / MSF-314)



Call sign: November - Charlie - Charlie - Tango



Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 6 July 1942 as HMS Akbar (BAM 1) by the General Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Alameda, CA; Launched, 12 December 1942; Renamed and reclassified Champion (AM 314), 23 January 1943; Commissioned, 8 September 1943; Decommissioned and placed in reserve, 30 January 1947 at San Diego, CA; Reclassified a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) MSF-314, 7 February 1955; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1972. Fate unknown.

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 dcpth charge tracks, five depth charge projectiles; Propulsion two diesels, two shafts.
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Champion 58k c. August 1945. Mike Willmann

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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