USS Thrush (MSC-204)
 Thrush steaming out of Key West, Florida | |
| History | |
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Thrush |
| Builder: | Tampa Marine Co. |
| Laid down: | 5 May 1954 |
| Launched: | 5 January 1955 |
| Commissioned: | 8 November 1955 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 July 1975 |
| Reclassified: |
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| Struck: | 1 August 1977[1] |
| Homeport: |
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| Fate: | Disposed |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Redwing-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 320 long tons (330 t) |
| Length: | 144 ft (44 m) |
| Beam: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 880 shp (660 kW) GM 8-268A diesel engines[2] |
| Speed: | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
| Complement: | 39 sailors |
| Armament: | 2 × 20 mm guns |
USS Thrush (MSC-204) was a Redwing-class minesweeper in the service of the United States Navy from 1955 to 1975.
Assignments
Soon after her commissioning in November 1955, the Thrush arrived in Chesapeake Bay to conduct a successful shakedown cruise. In 1956 she was assigned to the Yorktown, Virginia Mine Warfare School, followed in August by assignment to Norfolk, Virginia to participate in Operation Hideaway. In 1957 Thrush moved to her new homeport in Key West, Florida where she tested and evaluated new mine warfare equipment for the 6th Naval District's Mine Warfare Evaluation Detachment.[3]
In 1974, she assisted in expanding the Osborne Artificial Reef.[4] While serving as a Naval Reservist, LeRoy Collins Jr. was the Thrush's commanding officer.[5]
References
- ↑ "THRUSH". Naval Vessel Register. NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office. Retrieved 2007-03-09.
- ↑ "NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive". NavSource Naval History. Joseph M. Radigan. Retrieved 2007-03-09.
- ↑ "Thrush". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval Historical Center. Retrieved 2007-03-09.
- ↑ Whoriskey, Peter (2006-10-04). "Undersea Fla. tire reef out of control". The Detroit News (Detroit, Michigan, USA: MediaNews Group). ISSN 1055-2715. Retrieved 2008-06-11.
- ↑ "LeRoy Collins Jr. dies, was head of state's Dept. of Veterans Affairs". Lehigh Acres Citizen. 2010-08-01. Archived from the original on 2010-08-04. Retrieved 2010-08-04.