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AM / MSF-341 Dextrous


Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down as HMS Sepoy (BAM 30) by the Gulf Shipbuilding Corp, Chickasaw, AL; Renamed and reclassified Dextrous (AM 341); Launched, 17 June 1943; Commissioned USS Dextrous (AM-341), 8 September 1943; Placed out of commission, in reserve, 5 June 1946 at San Pedro, CA; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; Recommissioned, 1 December 1950; Reclassified a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) MSF-341, 7 February 1955; Placed out of commission, in reserve, 31 October 1956; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). Fate unknown. Dextrous received five battle stars for World War II service and five for Korean War service.

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 dcpth charge tracks, five depth charge projectiles; Propulsion two General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
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Official Navy Web Site for USS Dextrous (MCM-13)
Naval Minewarfare Association
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