USS Raven (AM-55)

History
United States
Builder	Norfolk Navy Yard Portsmouth, Virginia
Laid down	28 June 1939
Launched	24 August 1940
Sponsored by	Miss Elizabeth Scott Baker
Commissioned	11 November 1940
Decommissioned	31 May 1946
Reclassified	MSF-55, 7 February 1955
Stricken	1 May 1967
Fate	Sunk as a target, 30 July 1969
General characteristics
Class and type	Raven-class minesweeper
Displacement	810 tons 1040 tons full load
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	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 2 × 40 mm AA guns 4 x 20mm Oerlikon AA guns 2 x Mk20 ASW rocket-launchers (24 rounds each)

USS Raven (AM-55), the lead ship of her class of minesweeper, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the raven. Her keel was laid down on 28 June 1939 by the Norfolk Navy Yard in Portsmouth, Virginia. She was launched on 24 August 1940 sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Scott Baker, and commissioned on 11 November 1940.