USS Gull (AM-74)
| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | as Boston College |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 1928 |
| Acquired: | 30 August 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 3 December 1940 |
| Decommissioned: | 25 July 1944 |
| Struck: | 22 August 1944 |
| Fate: | May 1946 as a commercial vessel |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 410 tons |
| Length: | 124 ft 3 in (37.87 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 8 in (3.25 m) |
| Speed: | 9 knots (17 km/h) |
| Armament: | one 3” gun mount |
USS Gull (AM-74) was a minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.
Gull, formerly trawler Boston College, was built by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, in 1928; acquired 30 August 1940; converted at the Boston Yards of the Bethlehem Steel Corp. 30 September 1940; and commissioned 3 December 1940, Lt. Comdr. Ernest L. Posey, USNR, in command.
Read more about USS Gull (AM-74): World War II Service, Decommissioning
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