Raven class minesweeper

Class overview
Name:	Raven class minesweeper
Builders:	Norfolk Navy Yard
Operators:	United States Navy
Preceded by:	Lapwing class minesweeper
Succeeded by:	Auk class minesweeper
In commission:	11 November 1940 - 31 May 1946
Completed:	2
Lost:	1
Retired:	1
Preserved:	0
General characteristics
Type:	Minesweeper
Displacement:	810 tons 1,040 tons full load
Length:	220 ft 6 in (67.21 m)
Beam:	32 ft 2 in (9.80 m)
Draft:	9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)
Speed:	18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:	105 officers and men
Armament:	Raven: 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 1 × 40 mm AA guns Osprey: 2 × 3"/50 caliber guns

The Raven class of U.S. Navy minesweepers was the basis upon which the Auk class of U.S. Navy minesweepers was based.

External links

• Minesweeper (AM)- Minesweeper, Steel hulled (MSF)- Minesweeper, Ocean (MSO) - British Minesweepers (BAM) - Index
• Raven class

v d e Raven-class minesweeper Raven · Osprey Preceded by: Lapwing class - Followed by: Auk class List of minesweepers of the United States Navy

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