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U.S.S. PREVAIL

(AGS-20)


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AGS-20 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV1941-Keel Date: 15 NOV 1941
at Pennsylvania Shipyards Inc. Beaumont TX
SEP1942-Launch Date: 13 SEP 1942
APR1943-Commissioned: 17 APR 1943
JAN1954-JAN1969Caribbean
JUL1956-Shellback Initiation - 15 JUL 1956 - Atlantic Ocean
AUG1956-Shellback Initiation - 7 AUG 1956 - Atlantic Ocean
JUN1958-SEP1958Throndheim Norway
JAN1959-FEB1959Guantanamo Bay
JUN1959-SEP1959Mediterranean
OCT1959-DEC1959Caribbean
JUL1963-SEP1963Caribbean
SEP1963-NOV1963Caribbean
DEC1963-JAN1964Decommisioning

AGS-20 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

Final Disposition: Sold 13 October 1964