USS Salute (AM-294)

History
United States
Name	USS Salute
Builder	Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Company
Laid down	11 November 1942
Launched	6 February 1943
Commissioned	4 December 1943
Stricken	11 July 1945
Fate	Struck a mine off Brunei and sank, 8 June 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	Admirable-class minesweeper
Displacement	795 tons
Length	184 ft 6 in (56.24 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draft	9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
Propulsion	2 × ALCO 539 diesel engines, 1,710 shp (1.3 MW) Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear 2 shafts
Speed	15 knots (27.8 km/h)
Complement	104
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 4 × Depth charge projectors (K-guns) 2 × Depth charge tracks
Service record
Part of:	US Pacific Fleet (1943–1945)
Operations:	Philippines campaign (1944–45)
Awards:	5 Battle stars

USS Salute (AM-294), was a U.S. Navy oceangoing minesweeper, laid down on 11 November 1942 by Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, Washington; launched on 6 February 1943; sponsored by Miss Patricia Lindgren; and commissioned on 4 December 1943.