USS Adroit (AM-82)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Adroit.
USS Adroit (AM-82/PC-1586) was an Adroit-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent the safe passage of ships.
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Name | USS Adroit (AM-82) |
Builder | Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon |
Laid down | 31 July 1941 |
Launched | 21 February 1942 |
Commissioned | 28 July 1942 |
Renamed | USS PC-1586, 1 June 1944 |
Decommissioned | 14 December 1945 |
Stricken | 8 January 1946 |
Honors and awards | 1 battle star for World War II |
Fate | Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 18 March 1948 |
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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 | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × 1,770 bhp Cooper Bessemer GNB8 diesel engines |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Complement | 65 |
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Adroit was laid down on 31 July 1941 at Portland, Oregon, by the Commercial Iron Works; launched on 21 February 1942; and placed in commission on 28 July 1942.