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Zeal (AM/MSF-131)

Call sign: November - Bravo - Sierra - Xray
Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 12 January 1942 by the Gulf Shipbuilding Co., Chickasaw, AL; Launched, 15 September 1942; Commissioned USS Zeal (AM 131), 9 July 1943; Decommissioned, 4 June 1946 at San Diego, CA; Recommissioned, 19 December 1951; Reclassified Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) MSF-131, 5 February 1955; Decommissioned, 6 July 1956; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1966; Sunk as a target, 9 January 1967. Zeal earned four battle stars for World War II service and an additional four for post war minesweeping service. She earned one battle star for Korean War service.
Specifications: Displacement 890 t.; Length 221' 2"; Beam 32'; Draft 10' 9"; Speed 18.1 kts; Complement 105; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts; Propulsion two 3,532 shp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
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