Accentor-class minesweeper

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USS Accentor
Class overview
Name	Accentor class
Operators	United States Navy
Built	1941–1942
In commission	1942–1946
Completed	70
General characteristics
Type	Minesweeper
Displacement	185–205 long tons (188–208 t)
Length	97 ft 1 in (29.59 m)–98 ft 5 in (30.00 m)
Beam	21 ft (6.4 m)–23 ft 7 in (7.19 m)
Draft	8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)–10 ft 8 in (3.25 m)
Propulsion	Diesel engine, 400 hp (300 kW)
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement	17
Armament	2 × .50 cal. M2 Browning machine guns

The Accentor-class minesweeper, sometimes called the Accentor/Acme-class minesweeper, was a small minesweeper used by the United States Navy during World War II. The Accentor-class minesweeper was designed for the sweeping of mines in harbors, bays, and other littoral waters.^[1]