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LSI(L)-944
Magpie (AMCU / MHC 29)


AMCU-7 Class Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator): Laid down, 15 January 1944 by the Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, TX; Launched, 10 February 1944; Commissioned USS LSI(L)-944, 14 April 1944; Named Magpie and reclassified a Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator) AMCU-29, 7 March 1952; Conversion to AMCU-29 began, 15 October 1953 at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, SC; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Conversion completed, 15 April 1954; Magpie was never recommissioned; Reclassified a Coastal Minehunter MHC-29, 1 February 1955; Sold, 18 May 1960 to Randolph Mattson; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 January 1961. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 260 t.; Length 159'; Beam 23' 8"; Draft 5' 8"; Speed 14.4 kts; Complement 41; Armament two 20-mm mounts; Propulsion General Motors diesel engines, 1,800shp, two shafts.
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History: LSIL-944 was reclassified AMc(U)-29 and named Magpie 7 March 1952. Assigned to the 15th Naval District, Magpie served off the Panama Canal Zone until she decommissioned in January 1954 and entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Green Cove Springs, Fla. Reclassified MHC-29 on 1 February 1955, Magpie was struck from the Navy list 1 January 1961 after being sold to Rudolph Mattson 18 May 1960.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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