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Sentinel (AM 113)
Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 28 November 1941 by the American Shipbuilding, Cleveland OH; Launched, 23 May 1942; Commissioned USS Sentinel (AM-113), 3 November 1942; Bombed by German aircraft, 10 July 1943 and sank at Licata, Sicily; Struck from the Naval Register, 19 August 1943. Sentinel earned two battle stars for service in 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, two shafts.
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