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USS Sentinel (AM-412)

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History
United States
NameSentinel
BuilderDefoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Michigan
FateContract cancelled, 12 August 1945
General characteristics (as designed)
Displacement625 long tons (635 t)
Length184 ft 6 in (56.24 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draft10 ft (3.0 m)
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement104 officers and men
Armament

USS Sentinel (AM-412) was a steel-hulled fleet (oceangoing) minesweeper of the Admirable class planned for the United States Navy. She was a part of a group of minesweepers scheduled to be built as replacements and for Lend-Lease commitments. On 12 August 1945, three days before hostilities ceased in the Pacific, the U.S. Navy cancelled its contract with the Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Michigan, for the construction of Sentinel.

References

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  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
  • "Minesweeper Index". Navsource.org. 2006. Retrieved 15 June 2009.