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Best viewed with a screen area of 800 by 600. Mobile Riverine Force Association Home Page. Wooden Boats and Iron Men.
Salvaged Parts of the PLUCK. POEM OLD SAILOR and Glass Etching of PLUCK. This site is dedicated to the many men that served on the USS Pluck during her honorable service to our. Many men go down to the sea in ships but not many have the experience of sailing our vast seas in a wooden ship. This makes the duty aboard an MSO unique. With their small crew and big job, every man must do more than their share. IRONMEN and WOODEN SHIPS! .
8 kts; Complement 40; Armament one single 20mm gun mount, two . machine guns, one 81mm mortar; Propulsion two 880 shp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts. Coastal minesweeper nonmagnetic construction, wooden hull and stainless steel, aluminum, and bronze engine and hull fittings. Range is 2500 miles at ten knots.