USS Sentinel (AM-42)

USS Sentinel (AM-42)

USS Sentinel (AM-42), a U.S Navy steel-hulled fleet (oceangoing) minesweeper of the Auk class, was authorized as part of a group of mine sweepers scheduled to be built as replacements and for Lend Lease commitments.

Construction Cancellation

On 12 August 1945, three days before hostilities ceased in the Pacific, the U.S. Navy cancelled its contract with the Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Michigan, for the construction of Sentinel (AM-42).

References

ee also

* List of United States Navy ships

* Auk class minesweeper

* Lend-Lease

* World War II

* Minesweeper (ship)

* Minesweeping

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/#Anchor-Editoria-14954 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]


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