Escort Vessels

DMS-13 USS Hopkins (fast minesweeper)

Clemson Class ("Flush Decker")

Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

DD-249 USS Hopkins

• Clemson Class Destroyer:
• Displacement: 1190 tons
• Length: 314'4"
• Beam: 30'8"
• Draft: 9'3"
• Speed: 35 knots
• Armament: 4 4"/50, 1 3"/23, 12x3 21" torpedo tubes
• Complement: 149
• Geared turbines with twin screws, 27,000 h.p.
• Built at New York Ship Building Corp. and commissioned 1920

Information extracted from: http://metalab.unc.edu/hyperwar/USN/ships/DD/DD-249_Hopkins.html

AGS-1 USS Pathfinder

• Pathfinder class Surveying Ship:
• Displacement: 1,920 tons (full load)
• Length: 229'
• Beam: 39'
• Draft: 16'
• Speed: 13.5 knots (max); 12 knots (econ)
• Armament: 2 3"/50 DP; 6 20mm; 2 DC tracks; 2 DC projectors
• Complement:
• Steam turbines, single screw; 2,000 h.p.
• Built at ___ and commissioned 1942

Information extracted from: http://metalab.unc.edu/hyperwar/USN/ships/AGS/AGS-1_Pathfinder.html

AM-63 USS Skylark

• Raven/Auk Class Minesweeper:
• Displacement: 890 tons
• Length: 220'6"
• Beam: 32'
• Draft: 9'6"
• Speed: 18 knots
• Armament: 1 3"/50
• Complement: 105
• Diesel engine with electric drive, twin screws, 3,500 h.p.
• Built at General and commissioned 1942

Information extracted from: http://metalab.unc.edu/hyperwar/USN/ships/AM/AM-63_Skylark.html