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USS Chimo (ACM-1)

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Two Combustion Engineering header type boilers, two 1,200shp Skinner Unaflow reciprocating engines, two shafts.
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of Commander Minesweepers West, providing tender services to British and United States
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and sold 28 September 1948. The ship was sold 1963 to become tuna seiner MV
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forces as they kept lanes open for the movement of supplies vital to
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on 7 April 1944; commissioned the same day and reported to the
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Marietta Manufacturing Company, Point Pleasant, West Virginia
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operated from Plymouth along the coast of France at
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Index

USS Chimo
U.S. Army
battle stars
Chimo-class
minelayer
knots
40 mm
lead ship
her class
United States Navy
World War II
U.S. Army
Mine Planter Service
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Norfolk Navy Yard
U.S. Navy
Atlantic Fleet
Plymouth
Normandy
Utah Beach
flagship
minesweeping
the invasion buildup
Cherbourg
Saint-Brieuc
Brest
Eniwetok
Saipan
Okinawa
Sasebo

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