USS Phoebe (MSC-199)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Phoebe.
USS Phoebe (AMS/MSC-199) was a Bluebird-class minesweeper in the United States Navy for clearing coastal minefields..
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United States | |
Name | Phoebe |
Namesake | Phoebe |
Builder | Harbor Boat Building Company, Terminal Island, California |
Laid down | 26 February 1953 |
Launched | 21 August 1954 |
Commissioned | 29 April 1955 |
Decommissioned | 14 December 1970 |
Reclassified | Coastal Minesweeper, 7 February 1955 |
Stricken | 1 July 1975 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sold for scrap, 1 September 1976 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Bluebird-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 362 long tons (368 t) |
Length | 144 ft 3 in (43.97 m) |
Beam | 27 ft 2 in (8.28 m) |
Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
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Propulsion | 2 × screws |
Speed | 13.6 kn (25.2 km/h; 15.7 mph) |
Complement | 40 |
Armament | 1 × twin 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons anti-aircraft (AA) mounts |
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