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Tumult (AM / MSF 127)
Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 21 July 1941 by the Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, AL; Launched, 19 April 1942; Commissioned USS Tumult (AM 127), 27 February 1943; Decommissioned, 21 September 1954 at Orange, TX; Reclassified a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hulled) MSF-127, 7 February 1955; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1967; Sold, (date unknown) to the Southern Scrap Metal Co., Ltd., New Orelans, LA. Tumult received five 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, two shafts.
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