USS Osprey (AM-56) off the Norfolk Navy Yard, 19 April 1941
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Osprey |
Builder | Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia |
Laid down | 28 June 1939 |
Launched | 24 August 1940 |
Commissioned | 16 December 1940 |
Stricken | 22 August 1944 |
Honors and awards | 2 Battle Stars (World War II) |
Fate | Struck a mine and sunk, 5 June 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Raven-class minesweeper |
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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 | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns, 2 × depth charge tracks |
USS Osprey (AM–56), was a Raven-class minesweeper of the United States Navy, laid down on 28 June 1939 at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia; launched on 24 August 1940; sponsored by Ms. Margaret Kays; and commissioned on 16 December 1940.