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Kestrel (AMc 5)
IX-175



Call sign:
November - Echo - Sierra - Papa



Built in 1938 as Chanco by the Salisbury Yacht Co., Salisbury, MD; Acquired by the Navy, 1 October 1940 and converted to a Coastal Minesweeper; Placed in service as USS Kestrel (AMc 5), 21 January 1941; Reclassified as an Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary Ship IX-175, 10 July 1944; Placed out of service, 29 October 1945; Transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal, 5 August 1948. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 219 t.; Length 98' 10"; Beam 21' 8"; Draft 6' 7"; Speed 11 kts.; Complement 19; Armament two .30 cal. machine guns.
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