Kite-class minesweeper
Kite (AM-75) | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Operators | United States |
| In commission | 1941-1944 |
| Completed | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Displacement | 410 long tons (417 t) |
| Length | 123 ft 10 in (37.74 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Armament | |
The Kite-class minesweepers were a class of two ships operated by the United States Navy during World War II.
Three nearly identical ships were built as fishing trawlers in 1928 by the Bath Iron Works Corporation of Bath, Maine, for F. J. O'Hara and Sons, Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts.[1]
The ships were acquired by the U.S. Navy in late 1940, and converted to minesweepers at Bethlehem Steel Co. of East Boston, Massachusetts, and commissioned in early 1941. Both were disposed of towards the end of the war.
==Ships==[1]
- USS Gull (AM-74) Yard #119, Boston College, U.S. official #228023
- USS Kite (AM-75) Yard #120, Holy Cross, U.S. official #228057
- USS Linnet (AM-76) Yard #121 Georgetown, U.S. official #228098
Boston College was slightly different with the next two identical in specificatins. As registered Boston College 241 GRT had a length between perpendiculars of length of 114.0 ft (34.7 m). The others 229 GRT had registered length between perpendiculars of 114.7 ft (35.0 m).[2]
References
- ^ a b "Bath Iron Works". ShipbuildingHistory. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ^ Merchant Vessels of the United States (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Department of Commerce, Bureau of Navigation. 1930. pp. 246, 330, 352. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.