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Starboard Elevation Drawing of USS Density (AM 218)

Density (AM / MSF-218)



Call sign: November - Charlie - Sierra - Hotel



Admirable Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 21 March 1943 by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Tampa, FL; Launched, 6 February 1944; Commissioned USS Density (AM 218), 15 June 1944; Status changed to "in commission, in reserve," 14 May 1946 at the Reserve Fleet, Orange, TX; Decommissioned, 3 March 1947 at Orange, TX; Reclassified Fleet Minesweeper MSF-218, 7 February 1955; Sold, February 1955 for use as a Greek cargo ship; Renamed, Manouls; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold again, September 1964 to a Texas Consortium for use as an offshore radio station and renamed M/V Galaxy; Sold for scrap, 1970; Sunk in the shipyard of Howaldswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, Germany; Raised, August 1986 and scrapped. Density received three battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 530 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 depth charge tracks; Propulsion two 1,710 shp Cooper Bessemer diesel engines, two shafts.
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Density 62k Building Ways, Tampa Shipbuilding Co. USN Photo
Density 66k Prior to launching, 6 February 1944. US Navy Photo
Density 68k After launching, 6 February 1944. US Navy Photo
Density 58k Port bow view. US Navy Photo
Density 62k Starboard bow view. US Navy Photo
Density 48k Starboard quarter view. US Navy Photo
Galaxy 55k Seen here as the M/V Galaxy anchored in the Thames Estuary, England. Radio London
Galaxy 70k Seen here as the M/V Galaxy anchored in the Thames Estuary, England. Radio London
Galaxy 50k Seen here as the M/V Galaxy anchored in the Thames Estuary, England. Radio London

View the Density (AM-218)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
Reunion Information
Place: Dallas, TX
Date: 12 - 15 September 2001
Contact: Tanya Bailey Baugus
Address: 310 Manana Drive, Grand Prairie, TX 75050-6540
Phone: (972) 313-1214
E-mail: tanya_baugus@yahoo.com

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

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