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USS Osprey in 1941
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Class overview | |
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Name | Raven class |
Builders | Norfolk Navy Yard |
Operators | United States Navy |
Preceded by | Lapwing class |
Succeeded by | Auk class |
In commission | 11 November 1940 – 31 May 1946 |
Completed | 2 |
Lost | 1 |
Retired | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Minesweeper |
Displacement | |
Length | 220 ft 6 in (67.21 m) |
Beam | 32 ft 2 in (9.80 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
Complement | 105 officers and men |
Armament |
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The Raven class was a class of two World War II-era U.S. Navy minesweepers. They were succeeded by the Auk class which were based on the Ravens but had diesel-electric rather than diesel propulsion.[1]