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MINE WARFARE SHIPS

ACCENTOR coastal minesweepers

No Name Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
AMc36 Accentor W. A. Robinson, Ipswich 1/1941 10/5/1941 7/1941 stricken 7/1946
AMc37 Bateleur W. A. Robinson, Ipswich 1/1941 12/5/1941 8/1941 sold 1946
AMc38 Barbet W. A. Robinson, Ipswich 1/1941 24/7/1941 9/1941 sold 8/1947
AMc39 Brambling W. A. Robinson, Ipswich 2/1941 17/8/1941 10/1941 sold 1946
AMc40 Caracara Bristol YB 12/1940 23/8/1941 12/1941 stricken 1/1946
AMc41 Charcalaca Bristol YB 12/1940 11/6/1941 9/1941 stricken 5/1946
AMc42 Chimango Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville 1/1941 8/3/1941 6/1941 sold 1946
AMc43 Cotinga Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville 1/1941 25/3/1941 6/1941 sold 1946
AMc44 Courlan Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville 1/1941 4/4/1941 7/1941 sold 1947
AMc45 Develin Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville 1/1941 10/4/1941 9/1941 stricken 7/1946
AMc46 Fulmar Greenport Basin 12/1940 25/2/1941 6/1941 sold 1946
AMc47 Jacamar Greenport Basin 2/1941 10/3/1941 6/1941 sold 1946
AMc48

Limpkin

Greenport Basin 2/1941 5/4/1941 8/1941 stricken 5/1946
AMc49 Morikeet Greenport Basin 2/1941 19/4/1941 8/1941 stricken 1/1946
AMc50 Marabout Herreshoff, Bristol 12/1940 17/2/1941 7/1941 sold 7/1946
AMc51 Ostrich Herreshoff, Bristol 2/1941 29/3/1941 7/1941 stricken 1/1946
AMc52 Roller Snow Shipyards, Rockland 12/1940 14/5/1941 8/1941 stricken 5/1946
AMc53 Skimmer Snow Shipyards, Rockland 1/1941 7/6/1941 8/1941 stricken 8/1946
AMc54 Tapacola Snow Shipyards, Rockland 1/1941 3/6/1941 9/1941 stricken 10/1946
AMc55 Turaco Snow Shipyards, Rockland 1/1941 28/7/1941 10/1941 stricken 12/1945
AMc61 Acme Greenport Basin 3/1941 31/5/1941 9/1941 stricken 1/1946
AMc62 Adamant Greenport Basin 3/1941 7/6/1941 9/1941 stricken 1/1946
AMc63 Advance Greenport Basin 4/1941 28/6/1941 10/1941 stricken 1/1946
AMc64 Aggressor Greenport Basin 4/1941 19/7/1941 10/1941 stricken 1/1946
AMc65 Assentive Bristol YB 4/1941 19/11/1941 3/1942 stricken 12/1945
AMc66 Avenge Bristol YB 5/1941 17/2/1942 4/1942 stricken 1/1946
AMc67 Bold Bristol YB 8/1941 2/4/1942 5/1942 sold 1946
AMc68 Bulwark Hogdon Bros., Goudy & Stevens, East Boothbay 4/1941 12/9/1941 2/1942 sold 9/1946
AMc69 Combat Hogdon Bros., Goudy & Stevens, East Boothbay 4/1941 6/10/1941 2/1942 sold 1946
AMc70 Conqueror Warren Fish Co., Pensacola 5/1941 1941 3/1942 sold 1946
AMc71 Conquest Warren Fish Co., Pensacola 5/1941 25/8/1941 3/1942 sold 1946
AMc72 Courier Warren Fish Co., Pensacola 3/1941 17/5/1941 10/1941 sold 1946
AMc73 Defiance Warren Fish Co., Pensacola 4/1941 21/6/1941 11/1941 sold 1946
AMc74 Demand Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville 3/1941 22/5/1941 9/1941 stricken 12/1945
AMc75 Detector Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville 3/1941 29/5/1941 9/1941 sold 1946
AMc76 Dominant Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville 4/1941 6/6/1941 9/1941 sold 1946
AMc77 Endurance Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville 4/1941 19/6/1941 10/1941 sold 1946
AMc78 Energy W. A. Robinson, Ipswich 1941 20/9/1941 1/1942 degaussing vessel YDT3 2/1943
AMc79 Exultant W. A. Robinson, Ipswich 4/1941 27/9/1941 1/1942 degaussing vessel YDT4 2/1943
AMc80 Fearless W. A. Robinson, Ipswich 4/1941 1941 1942 degaussing vessel YDT5 2/1943
AMc81 Fortitude W. A. Robinson, Ipswich 5/1941   --- // 1942 commissioned as degaussing vessel YDT2
AMc82 Governor Camden SB 5/1941 26/7/1941 1/1942 sold 4/1947
AMc83 Guide Camden SB 5/1941 20/9/1941 3/1942 sold 4/1947
AMc84 Heroic Warren Boat Yard, Pensacola 1941 5/5/1941 3/1942 sold 1946
AMc85 Ideal Warren Boat Yard, Pensacola 6/1941 20/9/1941 4/1942 sold 1946
AMc86 Industry Fulton Shipyard, Antioch 5/1941 6/9/1941 12/1941 wrecked 9/10/1945
AMc87 Liberator Fulton Shipyard, Antioch 5/1941 6/9/1941 2/1942 miscellaneous auxiliary IX202 12/1944
AMc88 Loyalty Fulton Shipyard, Antioch 5/1941 23/8/1941 1/1942 wrecked 16/9/1945, never repaired
AMc89 Memorable Fulton Shipyard, Antioch 7/1941 24/12/1941 3/1942 stricken 1/1946
AMc90 Merit Fulton Shipyard, Antioch 8/1941 4/1/1942 3/1942 stricken 5/1946
AMc91 Observer Fulton Shipyard, Antioch 9/1941 15/1/1942 4/1942 stricken 5/1946
AMc92 Paramount Delaware Bay SB, Leesburg 4/1941 9/8/1941 12/1941 stricken 2/1946
AMc93 Peerless Delaware Bay SB, Leesburg 4/1941 9/8/1941 2/1942 stricken 3/1946
AMc94

Pluck

Noank SB 6/1941 4/4/1942 10/1942 stricken 5/1946
AMc95 Positive Noank SB 6/1941 7/3/1942 8/1942 stricken 5/1946
AMc96 Reaper (ex-Power) Noank SB 6/1941 15/4/1942 11/1942 stricken 11/1945
AMc97 Prestige Anderson & Cristofani, San Francisco 5/1941 16/8/1941 12/1941 stricken 7/1946
AMc98 Progress Anderson & Cristofani, San Francisco 5/1941 6/9/1941 1/1942 stricken 7/1946
AMc99 Radiant Anderson & Cristofani, San Francisco 6/1941 27/9/1941 2/1942 stricken 3/1946
AMc100 Reliable Anderson & Cristofani, San Francisco 8/1941 14/2/1942 3/1942 stricken 9/1946
AMc101 Rocket Anderson & Cristofani, San Francisco 9/1941 23/2/1942 3/1942 stricken 1/1946
AMc102 Royal Anderson & Cristofani, San Francisco 11/1941 19/3/1942 4/1942 stricken 1/1946
AMc103 Security H. G. Marr, Damariscotta 4/1941 27/9/1941 3/1942 stricken 11/1945
AMc104 Skipper H. G. Marr, Damariscotta 5/1941 16/1/1941 5/1942 stricken 2/1946
AMc105 Stalwart Snow Shipyards, Rockland 3/1941 28/8/1941 1/1942 miscellaneous auxiliary IX231 8/1945
AMc106 Summit Snow Shipyards, Rockland 3/1941 20/9/1941 1/1942 miscellaneous auxiliary IX232 8/1945
AMc107 Trident Snow Shipyards, Rockland 4/1941 8/10/1941 2/1942 stricken 11/1945
AMc108 Valor Snow Shipyards, Rockland 5/1941 8/11/1941 3/1942 collision 29/6/1944
AMc109 Victor Snow Shipyards, Rockland 7/1941 6/12/1941 4/1942 stricken 11/1945
AMc110 Vigor Snow Shipyards, Rockland 8/1941 19/1/1942 5/1942 stricken 11/1945

 

Displacement standard, t

205

Displacement full, t

221

Length, m

29.6

Breadth, m

6.71

Draught, m

2.77

No of shafts

1

Machinery

Superior or Cooper Bessemere diesel

Power, h. p.

400

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm (kts)  

Armament

(1-2) x 1 - 12.7/90, sweeps

Complement

17

Ship project history: Small coastal minesweepers.

Modernizations: ~1942 - 1943, Industry, Loyalty, Prestige, Progress: were converted to minehunters: minehunting sonar and diving equipment were fitted.

Naval service: Valor was rammed by destroyer escort Richard W. Suessens 29/6/1944 in Buzzard`s Bay, Massachusetts. Loyalty struck a reef and grounded 16/9/1945 off Okinawa. Industry ran ashore during typhoon 9/10/1945 at Okinawa.

Accentor 1943

 

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