Raven-class minesweeper

Class overview
USS Osprey in 1941
Name:	Raven class
Builders:	Norfolk Navy Yard
Operators:	United States Navy
Preceded by:	Lapwing class
Succeeded by:	Auk class
In commission:	11 November 1940 - 31 May 1946
Completed:	2
Lost:	1
Retired:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Minesweeper
Displacement:	810 tons 1,040 tons full load
Length:	220 ft 6 in (67.21 m)
Beam:	32 ft 2 in (9.80 m)
Draft:	9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)
Speed:	18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:	105 officers and men
Armament:	Raven: 1 × 3-inch/50 caliber gun 1 × 40 mm AA guns Osprey: 2 × 3-inch/50 caliber guns

The Raven class was a class of two World War II-era U.S. Navy minesweepers. They were succeeded by the Auk class which were based on the Ravens.

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Raven-class minesweepers

Raven Osprey

Preceded by: Lapwing class Followed by: Auk class List of minesweepers of the United States Navy

United States naval ship classes of World War II

Aircraft carriers	Lexington Ranger^S Yorktown Wasp^S Essex Midway^C

Light aircraft carriers	Independence Saipan^C

Escort carriers	Long Island Charger Bogue Sangamon Casablanca Commencement Bay

Battleships	Wyoming New York Nevada Pennsylvania New Mexico Tennessee Colorado North Carolina South Dakota Iowa Montana^X

Large cruisers	Alaska

Heavy cruisers	Pensacola Northampton Portland New Orleans Wichita^S Baltimore Oregon City^C Des Moines^C

Light cruisers	Omaha Brooklyn St. Louis Atlanta Cleveland Fargo^C Juneau^C Worcester^C

Gunboats	Asheville Tulsa Dubuque Plymouth^S Williamsburg^S St. Augustine^S Vixen^S Erie

Destroyers	Sampson Caldwell Wickes Clemson Farragut Porter Mahan Gridley Bagley Somers Benham Sims Benson Gleaves Fletcher Allen M. Sumner Robert H. Smith Gearing

Destroyer escorts	Evarts Buckley Cannon Edsall Rudderow John C. Butler

Patrol frigates	Asheville Tacoma

Patrol boats	Action PT boat

Minesweepers	Lapwing Raven Auk Eagle^S Hawk Admirable

Submarines	O R S Barracuda Argonaut^S Narwhal Dolphin^S Cachalot Porpoise Salmon Sargo Tambor Mackerel Gato Balao Tench

S Single ship of class C Completed after the war X Cancelled

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