An Admirable-class Minesweeper, like the USS Climax
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Climax |
Builder | Willamette Iron and Steel Works |
Laid down | 26 May 1942 |
Launched | 9 January 1943 |
Commissioned | 24 March 1944 |
Decommissioned | 31 May 1946 |
Reclassified | MSF-161, 7 February 1955 |
Fate | Scrapped in 1959 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Admirable-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 650 tons |
Length | 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h) |
Complement | 104 |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Part of: | US Pacific Fleet (1944-1946) |
USS Climax (AM-161) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was built to clear minefields in offshore waters, and served the Navy in the Pacific Ocean.
She was launched 9 January 1943 by Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland, Oregon; and commissioned 24 March 1944.