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Albatross (AM 71)
IX-171


Albatross served the Navies of the United States and Norway.

Albatross Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 25 October 1930 as Illinois by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME; Launched, 19 March 1931; Acquired by the Navy, 9 August 1940; Renemed Albatross, 14 August 1940; Commissioned Albatross
(AM 71)
, 8 November 1940 at the Boston Navy Yard; Reclassified, 1 June 1944 as a Miscellaneous Unclassified Vessel, IX-171; Decommissioned, 11 September 1944; Struck from the Naval Register, 23 September 1944; Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 15 November 1944; Renamed Illinois; Transferred to Norway, (date unknown). Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 510 t.; Length 147' 5"; Beam 25'; Draft 12'; Speed 13 kts; Complement unknown; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount; Propulsion, one 550hp diesel engine. one shaft.
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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