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AM-247 Improve


Admirable Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 1 June 1943 at Savannah Machine and Foundry Co., Savannah, GA.; Launched, 26 September 1943; Commissioned USS Improve (AM-247), 29 February 1944; Decommissioned, 6 November 1946 at Seattle, WA; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal; Sold, 24 February 1949 to Ricardo Granja, renamed Ecuador. Fate unknown. Improve received two 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 depth charge tracks; Propulsion, two Cooper Bessemer diesel-electric engines, twin screws, 1,800shp.
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