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USS Goldcrest (AM-80)

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41: 365: 521: 485: 506: 375: 320:, while on patrol 11 March 1943, she sank by gunfire three mines that had drifted from defensive minefields. On 29 March, she assisted a damaged 516: 336: 423: 469: 460: 243: 444: 255: 247: 67: 219: 180: 511: 340: 305: 279: 251: 235: 275: 263: 404: 354:
was decommissioned on 12 December 1945 and was sold on 20 June 1946 to her former owner.
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duties continued until 5 August 1945 when she transferred to
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USS Goldcrest
Quincy, Massachusetts
MV Shawmut
Naval trawler
Atlas 6H M3358
diesel engine
reduction gear
knots
3"/50 caliber gun
commercial trawler
MV Shawmut
Bethlehem Shipbuilding
Quincy, Massachusetts
United States Navy
Boston, Massachusetts
naval trawler
Boston Navy Yard
shakedown
Yorktown, Virginia
New York
Staten Island
NROTC
cadet
school ship
3rd Naval District
flagship
Sandy Hook Bay
New Jersey
merchantman
Staten Island

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