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AMc-138
Climax (AM / MSF 161)



Call sign: November - Delta - November - Sierra



Admirable Class Minesweeper: Changed from AMc-138 to AM-161, 21 February 1942; Laid down, 26 May 1942 by the Willamette Iron and Steel Corp., Portland, OR; Launched, 9 January 1943; Commissioned USS Climax (AM 161), 24 March 1944; Decommissioned, 31 May 1946 at San Diego, CA; Reclassified Fleet Minesweeper (Steel Hull) MSF-161, 7 February 1955; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). Fate unknown. Climax earned two battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 650 t.; Length 184' 6"; Beam 33'; Draft 9' 9"; Speed 14.8 kts; Complement 104; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, one depth charge thrower (hedgehogs), two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two 1,710 shp ALCO diesel engines, two shafts.
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