USS Firm (AM-98)
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History | |
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Name | USS Firm |
Builder | Penn-Jersey Corporation, Camden, New Jersey |
Laid down | 21 October 1941 |
Launched | 29 May 1942 |
Commissioned | 10 April 1943 |
Renamed | USS PC-1602, 1 June 1944 |
Renamed | USS PCC-1602, 1 August 1945 |
Fate | Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 15 June 1948 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Adroit-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 295 long tons (300 t) |
Length | 173 ft 8 in (52.93 m) |
Beam | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
Draft | 11 ft 7 in (3.53 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
Complement | 65 |
Armament |
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USS Firm (AM-98) was an Adroit-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. Laid down on 21 October 1941 by the Penn-Jersey Corp., Camden, New Jersey, launched on 29 May 1942, and commissioned on 10 April 1943. The vessel was reclassified as a submarine chaser PC-1602 on 1 June 1944; it was later reclassified as a control submarine chaser PCC-1602 on 1 August 1945. Very little information is available about the activities of this vessel while operating as a submarine chaser. PC-1602 was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 15 June 1948, and sold to Walter H. Wilms. Fate unknown.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Firm (AM-98)/PC-1602/PCC-1602 at NavSource Naval History
- Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 PC-1602 (USS Firm)