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USS Chief underway in 1952
Class overview
NameAuk class
Builders(10 builders in 9 states)
Operators
Preceded byRaven class
Succeeded byUSS Eagle
General characteristics
TypMinesweeper
Displacement
  • 890 tons
  • 1,100 tons (full load)
Length221 ft 2 in (67.41 m)
Beam32 ft 0 in (9.75 m)
Draft11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
PropulsionDiesel electric drive, twin screws, 3,500 hp (2,600 kW)
Speed
  • 9–12 knots (17–22 km/h; 10–14 mph) (cruising)
  • 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) (maximum)
ComplementApproximately 100
Armament

The Auk class were Allied minesweepers serving with the United States Navy and the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. In total, there were 95 Auks built.

Design and development

The Auk class displaced 890 tons on average, and had an approximate length of 220–225 feet (67–69 m). They could reach a maximum speed of about 18.1 knots (33.5 km/h; 20.8 mph). Auks were equipped with a single 3-inch (76 mm) gun, two 40 mm Bofors guns, and eight 20 mm Oerlikon guns. They were visually similar to the preceding Raven class but adopted diesel-electric, rather than diesel, propulsion to permit magnetic mine sweep gear to be powered.[1]

Twenty of these ships were transferred to the Royal Navy under Lend-lease[2] and named as the Catherine class, with "J" pennant number prefixes. Of these twenty, three were sunk in action, and 17 were returned to the U.S. after the war.

Eleven minesweepers of the Auk class were lost in World War II, six to direct enemy action including USS Skill, torpedoed by U-593.

Bauwesen

Engines

  • all engines are referred to as "diesel-electric". [4]

List of Auk-class minesweepers

Royal Navy

US Navy

Hull numbers in table: 57 ... 65, 100 ... 131, 314 ... 320, 322 ... 324, 340, 341, 371 ... 390 (73 total)

Ship name Hull number Date removed from Naval Vessel Register Fate
Ardent AM-340 1 July 1972 Transferred to the Mexican Navy on 19 September 1972
Auk AM-57 1 August 1956 Discarded 1959 [6]
Broadbill AM-58 1 July 1972 Sold for scrap on 1 December 1973
Champion AM-314 Unknown Donated to the Mexican Navy on 19 September 1972. Still in active service.
Chickadee AM-59 Unknown Transferred to the National Navy of Uruguay on 18 August 1966
Chief AM-315 1 July 1972 Transferred to the Mexican Navy in February 1973.
Competent AM-316 1972 Transferred to the Mexican Navy in September 1972.
Defense AM-317 Approx. 1972 Transferred to the Mexican Navy on 3 January 1973.
Devastator AM-318 Unknown Transferred to the Mexican Navy in 1973.
Dextrous AM-341 Unknown Transferred to Republic of Korea Navy in December 1967 after service in the Korean War.
Gladiator AM-319 1 July 1972 Donated to the Mexican Navy in 1973.
Heed AM-100 1 March 1967 Unknown
Herald AM-101 1 July 1972 Donated to the Mexican Navy on 1 February 1973.
Impeccable AM-320 1 July 1972 Sold for scrap on 1 April 1974
Minivet AM-371 21 January 1946 Sunk by mine in the Tsushima Strait on 29 December 1945
Motive AM-102 1 December 1966 Sunk as a target in April 1968
Murrelet AM-372 1 December 1964 Transferred under FMS to the Philippine Navy in June 1965
Nuthatch AM-60 1 December 1966 Sunk as a target.
Oracle AM-103 1 December 1966 Sunk as a target in the Winter of 1967
Peregrine AM-373 1 February 1969 Unknown
Pheasant AM-61 1 December 1966 Sunk as a target.
Pigeon AM-374 1 December 1966 Sold for scrap.
Pilot AM-104 1 July 1972 Transferred to the Mexican Navy on 19 July 1972.
Pioneer AM-105 1 July 1972 Transferred to the Mexican Navy on 19 September 1972.
Pochard AM-375 1 December 1966 Sold for scrap.
Portent AM-106 Unknown Sunk in action off Anzio, Italy on 22 January 1944
Prevail AM-107 10 January 1964 Sold for scrap on 13 October 1964.
Ptarmigan AM-376 1 July 1963 Transferred to Republic of Korea Navy on 25 July 1963.
Pursuit AM-108 1 July 1960 Discarded 1960[7]
Quail AM-377 1 December 1966 Sold for scrap.
Redstart AM-378 1 April 1965 Transferred to the Republic of China Navy on 25 July 1963.
Requisite AM-109 1 April 1964 Sold for scrap in March 1965.
Revenge AM-110 1 November 1966 Sold for scrap in May 1967.
Roselle AM-379 1 July 1972 Donated to the Mexican Navy on 1 February 1973.
Ruddy AM-380 Unknown Transferred to the Peruvian Navy on 1 November 1960
Sage AM-111 1 July 1972 Donated to the Mexican Navy on 4 February 1973.
Scoter AM-381 1 December 1966 Transferred to the Mexican Navy on 19 September 1972
Seer AM-112 1 March 1963 Sold to the Royal Norwegian Navy on 15 December 1962
Sentinel AM-113 19 August 1943 Sunk in action off Licata, Italy on 10 July 1943
Sheldrake AM-62 30 June 1968 Sold for scrap on 2 November 1971
Shoveler AM-382 17 May 1974 Transferred to the Peruvian Navy on 1 May 1974
Skill AM-115 11 October 1943 Sunk in action off North Africa on 25 September 1943
Skylark AM-63 28 April 1945 Sunk in action off Yomitan, Okinawa on 28 April 1945
Spear AM-322 1 July 1972 Transferred to the Mexican Navy on 19 September 1972.
Speed AM-116 Unknown Transferred to Republic of Korea Navy on 17 November 1967.
Sprig AM-384 1 July 1972 Sold for scrap on 20 December 1973
Staff AM-114 1 March 1967 Sold for scrap on 17 November 1967
Starling AM-64 1 July 1972 Transferred to the Mexican Navy on 16 February 1973.
Steady AM-118 1 February 1968 Sold to the Republic of China Navy on 15 August 1967.
Strive AM-117 1 October 1959 Transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy on 1 October 1959
Surfbird AM-383 21 February 1975 Sold to a private company on 5 December 1975
Sustain AM-119 1 October 1959 Transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy on 1 October 1959
Swallow AM-65 2 June 1945 Sunk in action off the Ryukyu Islands on 22 April 1945
Sway AM-120 1 July 1972 Donated to the Mexican Navy on 16 February 1973.
Swerve AM-121 22 August 1944 Sunk in action off Anzio, Italy on 9 June 1944
Swift AM-122 1 July 1972 Scrapped
Symbol AM-123 1 July 1972 Transferred to the Mexican Navy on 19 September 1972.
Tanager AM-385 1 November 1963 Transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard on 16 July 1964.
Tercel AM-386 1 July 1972 Scrapped
Threat AM-124 1 July 1972 Donated to the Mexican Navy in 1973.
Tide AM-125 29 July 1944 Sunk in action off the coast of Normandy on 7 June 1944
Token AM-126 1 December 1966 Unknown
Toucan AM-387 Unknown Transferred to the Republic of China Navy on 22 December 1964.
Towhee AM-388 1 May 1969 Sold for scrap on 6 March 1969
Triumph AM-323 1 March 1961 Transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy on 27 January 1961
Tumult AM-127 1 May 1967 Sold for scrap
Usage AM-130 Unknown Sold to the Turkish Navy.
Velocity AM-128 1 July 1972 Donated to the Mexican Navy on the same day it was struck.
Vigilance AM-324 1 December 1966 Transferred under FMS to the Philippine Navy August 1967
Vital AM-129 23 April 1947 Sold to foreign purchaser. Served as a merchant marine vessel until sold for scrap in July 1956.
Waxwing AM-389 Unknown Transferred to the Republic of China Navy on 14 October 1965
Wheatear AM-390 1 July 1972 Sold for scrap on 20 December 1973
Zeal AM-131 1 December 1966 Sunk as a target on 9 January 1967

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946. Conway Maritime Press. 2001. p. 150. ISBN 0851771467.
  2. ^ "NavSource photo archive: index of mineSweepers". NavSource.
  3. ^ http://shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/minesweepers1.htm
  4. ^ navsource.org individual ship pages
  5. ^ "Index to Vol. 23".
  6. ^ per US WARSHIPS OF WORLD WAR 2, Paul H. Silverstone, Naval Institute Press, 1965)
  7. ^ (per US WARSHIPS OF WORLD WAR 2, Paul H. Silverstone, Naval Institute Press, 1965)

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