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Cove (MSI 1)


Cape Class Inshore Minesweeper: Laid down, (date unknown) by Bellingham Shipyard, Bellingham, WA; Launched, 8 February 1958; Placed in service as USS Cove (MSI 1), 20 November 1958; Placed out of service, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Scrapped, 24 April 1984.

Specifications: Displacement 120 t.; Length 112'; Beam 23'; Draft 8'; Speed 12 kts; Complement 21; Armament one .50 cal. machine gun; Propulsion four General Motors 6-71 diesel engines, reduction to one shaft.
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Cove 128k . Tony Grier
Cape/Cove 41k Cape (MSI 2) inboard of Cove. USS Cape (MSI 2) Web Site

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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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