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Chickadee (AM / MSF 59)


Chickadee served the Navies of the United States and Uruguay.

Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, (date unknown) by the Defoe Boat and Marine Works, Bay City, MI; Launched, 20 July 1942; Commissioned Chickadee (AM 59), 9 November 1942; Decommissioned, 15 May 1946 at Astoria, OR; Reclassified a Fleet Minesweeper MSF-59, 7 February 1955; Transferred to Uruguay, 18 August 1966 and renamed Comandante Pedro Campbell (A 24); Struck from the Naval Register, 1 August 1976. Fate unknown. Chickadee received two battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 890 t.; Length 221' 2"; Beam 32' 2"; Draft 10' 9"; Speed 18 kts; Complement 105; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount; Propulsion, diesel.
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