USS Hazard (AM-240)

USS *Hazard* (AM-240)
	USS Hazard at Freedom Park in Omaha, Nebraska.
History
United States
Name	Hazard
Builder	Winslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Company
Laid down	1944
Launched	21 May 1944
Commissioned	21 October 1944
Decommissioned	27 July 1946
Reclassified	MSF-240 7 February 1955
Stricken	1971
Motto	No Sweep, No Invasion
Honors and; awards	3 Battle Stars
Status	Museum ship since 1971 at Freedom Park, Omaha, Nebraska
General characteristics
Class and type	Admirable-class minesweeper
Displacement	530 tons
Length	184 ft 6 in (56.24 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draft	9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
Propulsion	Two 1,710 shp (1,280 kW) Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts.
Speed	15 knots (27.8 km/h)
Complement	104
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun; 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon; 4 × Bofors 40 mm guns (2×2); 2 × Depth charge projectors (K-guns); 2 × Depth charge tracks;
Service record
Part of:	US Pacific Fleet (1944-1946)
Awards:	3 Battle stars
	USS Hazard (AM-240)
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
Coordinates	41°16′37″N 95°54′6″W
Built	1944
Architect	Winslow Marine Railway
NRHP reference No.	79003712
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	1 January 1979
Designated NHL	January 14, 1986

USS Hazard (AM-240) is an Admirable-class minesweeper that served in the United States Navy during World War II.

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