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USS Accentor (AMc-36)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Accentor.
The first USS Accentor (AMc-36) was the lead boat of the Accentor of coastal minesweepers in the service of the United States Navy, named after the accentor bird.
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Name | Accentor |
Namesake | Accentor |
Builder | W. A. Robinson, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 21 January 1941 |
Launched | 10 May 1941 |
Commissioned | 24 July 1941 |
Decommissioned | 1 September 1942 |
In service | 1 September 1942 |
Out of service | 14 June 1946 |
Stricken | 3 July 1946 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sold as surplus, October 1946 |
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Class and type | Accentor-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 221 long tons (225 t) |
Length | 97 ft 6 in (29.72 m) |
Beam | 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 11 in (2.72 m) |
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Propulsion | 1 × screws |
Speed | 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h) |
Complement | 17 |
Armament | 2 × .5 in (13 mm) caliber machine guns |
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She was laid down on 21 January 1941 by W. A. Robinson, launched on 10 May 1941 and commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 24 July 1941.[1]