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United States | |
Name | USS Seer |
Builder | American Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio |
Laid down | 28 November 1941 |
Launched | 23 May 1942 |
Commissioned | 21 October 1942 |
Decommissioned | 26 April 1947 |
Recommissioned | 8 November 1950 |
Reclassified | MSF-112, 7 February 1955 |
Decommissioned | 11 March 1955 |
Reclassified | MMC-5, 31 October 1958 |
Stricken | 1 March 1963 |
Honours and awards | 6 battle stars (World War II) |
Fate | Sold to Norway, 15 December 1962 |
History | |
Norway | |
Name | HNoMS Uller (N50) |
Acquired | 15 December 1962 |
Fate | Sunk as a target by the Royal Swedish Navy |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Auk-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 890 long tons (904 t) |
Length | 221 ft 2 in (67.41 m) |
Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
Draft | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 105 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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USS Seer (AM-112/MSF-112/MMC-5) was an Auk-class minesweeper of the United States Navy that served during World War II and the Korean War, and was sold to Norway in 1962.
Seer was laid down on 28 November 1941 by the American Ship Building Company of Lorain, Ohio. Launched on 23 May 1942, sponsored by Mrs. J.P. Conley, and commissioned on 21 October 1942.