USS Hazard (AM-240)
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USS Hazard (AM-240) is an Admirable-class minesweeper that served in the United States Navy during World War II.
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USS Hazard at Freedom Park in Omaha, Nebraska. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Hazard |
Builder | Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Company |
Laid down | 1944 |
Launched | 21 May 1944 |
Commissioned | 21 October 1944 |
Decommissioned | 27 July 1946 |
Reclassified | MSF-240 7 February 1955 |
Stricken | 1971 |
Motto | No Sweep, No Invasion |
Honors and awards | 3 Battle Stars |
Status | Museum ship since 1971 at Freedom Park, Omaha, Nebraska |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Admirable-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 530 tons |
Length | 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
Propulsion | Two 1,710 shp (1,280 kW) Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts. |
Speed | 15 knots (27.8 km/h) |
Complement | 104 |
Armament |
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Service record | |
Part of: | US Pacific Fleet (1944-1946) |
Awards: | 3 Battle stars |
USS Hazard (AM-240) | |
Coordinates | 41°16′37″N 95°54′6″W |
Built | 1944 |
Architect | Winslow Marine Railway |
NRHP reference No. | 79003712 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | 1 January 1979[1] |
Designated NHL | January 14, 1986[2] |
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