USS Sentry (AM-299)
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Sentry |
| Builder | Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Company, Seattle |
| Laid down | 16 May 1943 |
| Launched | 15 August 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Nanette L. Pratt |
| Commissioned | 30 May 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 19 June 1946 |
| Reclassified | MSF-299, 7 February 1955 |
| Stricken | 1 February 1962 |
| Fate | Transferred to South Vietnam, 21 August 1962 |
| History | |
| Republic of Vietnam Navy | |
| Name | RVNS Ky Hoa (HQ-09) |
| Acquired | 21 August 1962 |
| Fate | Captured by North Vietnam, 30 April 1975. To Vietnam People's Navy |
| History | |
| Vietnam People's Navy | |
| Name | HQ-05 |
| Acquired | 21 August 1962 |
| Fate | Captured by North Vietnam, 30 April 1975. To Vietnam People's Navy |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Admirable-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 650 tons |
| Length | 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
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| Speed | 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h) |
| Complement | 104 |
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USS Sentry (AM-299) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific Ocean and was awarded six battle stars, a Navy Unit Commendation, and a Presidential Unit Citation. She was decommissioned and placed in reserve in 1946. In August 1962, the former Sentry was transferred to South Vietnam as RVNS Ky Hoa (HQ-09) in the Republic of Vietnam Navy. Her fate after 1962 is unreported in secondary sources.