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Sage (AM 111)


Sage served the Navies of the United States and Mexico.

Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 29 July 1942 by the Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Seattle, WA; Launched, 21 November 1942; Commissioned, 23 August 1943; Decommissioned, February 1947 at Orange TX; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange: Recommissioned, 16 March 1951; Reclassified as a Fleet Minesweeper, (Steel-hulled) MSF-111, 7 February 1955; Decommissioned, 19 April 1955 at Green Cove Springs, FL; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1972; Sold to Mexico, 4 November 1973 and renamed Hermenegildo Galeana (G 19). Fate unknown. Sage earned eight battle stars during World War II.

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.
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