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U.S.S. PURSUIT

(AGS-17)

AGS ALWAYS GOING SOMEWHERE

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AGS-17 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV1941-Keel Date: 12 NOV 1941
at Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Company
JUN1942-Launch Date: 12 JUN 1942
APR1943-Commissioned: 30 APR 1943
MAR1952- Shellback Initiation - 3 MAR 1952 - Atlantic Ocean
JAN1954-MAR1955Guantanamo Bay
MAY1955-OCT1955Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
JUL1955-OCT1956Blue Nose - Arctic Circle
JAN1956-OCT1956Mediterranean
MAR1958-OCT1958Mediterranean
JUN1960-Decommissioned: 30 JUN 1960

AGS-17 General Specifications

Class: Auk-class minesweeper

Complement: 100 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 890 tons

Length: 221 feet 3 inches

Beam: 32 feet

Draft: 10 feet 9 in