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Egret (AMc 24)
IX-181


Laid down in 1937 as the fishing vessel Julia Eleanor; Launched, (date unknown); Acquired by the Navy, November 1940; Placed in service as USS Egret (AMc 24), 10 June 1941; Reclassified, 17 July 1944 as Miscellaneous Unclassified IX-181. Placed out of service, 17 June 1946, and transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal; Struck from the Naval Register, February 1946. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 110 tons.
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Julia Eleanor 45k Julia Eleanor, U.S. Fishing Vessel. Photographed circa 1937-40. Before conversion to USS Egret (AMc 24).
USN Photo NH 101964
Naval Historical Center
Egret 84k Photographed during World War II. Courtesy of William H. Davis, 1979. Naval Historical Center

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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Association of Minemen
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