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AM-125 Tide



Call sign: November - Bravo - Mike - Oscar


Tide sank 9 June 1944

Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 16 March 1942 at Savannah Machinery and Foundry Co., Savannah, GA; Launched, 7 September 1942; Commissioned USS Tide (AM-125), 9 May 1943; Sunk by enemy mine off Normandy beachhead, 9 June 1944; Struck from the Naval Register, 29 July 1944.

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 two 3,532 shp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
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AM-125 55k - USS Defense (AM-317) Web Site
AM-125 25k 7 June 1944, off Normandy beachead Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
Web Site
Tide 95k Tide sinks after hitting a mine off Omaha Beach, 7 June 1944, one day after the Normandy invasion.
National Archives Photo 80-G-651677
Naval Historical Center
D-Day Map 508k Location of sinking, 7 June 1944. June 2002 issue of National Geographic

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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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