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AM-294 Salute


Admirable Class Minesweeper: Laid down 11 November 1942 at Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Co, Seattle WA.; Launched 6 February 1943; Commissioned USS Salute (AM-294), 4 December 1943; Final Disposition, lost, struck a mine in Brunei Bay, Borneo, 7 June 1945; Struck from the Naval Register 11 July 1945.

Specifications: Displacement 540 t.(lt), 795 t.(fl); Length 184' 6"; Beam 33'; Draft 9' 9"; Speed 15 kts; Complement 104; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, six single 20mm gun mounts, one depth charge thrower (hedgehogs), four depth charge projectiles (k-guns), two dcpth charge tracks; Propulsion, diesel-electric, two turbines, twin screws, 1,800shp.
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