USS Fortitude (AMc-81)
Appearance
History | |
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Laid down | 14 August 1941 |
Launched | 2 December 1941 |
Commissioned | 20 April 1942 |
Decommissioned | 1947 |
Stricken | c1947 |
Fate | Sold 31 January 1950 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 275 tons |
Length | 98 ft 5 in (30.00 m) |
Beam | 23 ft 7 in (7.19 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 8 in (3.25 m) |
Speed | 10.0 knots |
Complement | 17 |
Armament | two .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns |
USS Fortitude (AMc-81) was an Accentor-class coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.
World War II service
[edit]Fortitude was constructed as an Accentor-class coastal minesweeper just prior to World War II. She was assigned as USS Fortitude (AMc-81) on 17 May 1941.
Reclassified as a dive tender
[edit]However, on 20 April 1942, prior to completion as a coastal minesweeper, she was reclassified USS YDT-2, a dive tender, and the name “Fortitude” was canceled.
Deactivation
[edit]Sold 31 January 1950
References
[edit]This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.