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Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | date unknown |
In service | 10 June 1941 |
Out of service | date unknown |
Stricken | c1946 |
Fate | Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 17 June 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 110 tons |
Length | 90 ft (27 m) |
Beam | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
Draft | 8.5 ft (2.6 m) (mean) (f.) |
Speed | 10.0 knots (19 km/h) |
Armament | two .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns |
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The first ship to be named Egret by the Navy, AMc-24 was placed in service 10 June 1941 and during World War II served in the 4th Naval District and in the Potomac River Naval Command. She was reclassified IX-181, 17 July 1944.
Egret was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 17 June 1946.
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