USS Goldfinch (AM-77)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Goldfinch.
USS Goldfinch (AM-77) was a minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.
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Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
Launched | 3 January 1929 |
Acquired | 18 September 1940 |
Commissioned | 30 January 1941 |
Decommissioned | 18 August 1944 |
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Fate | Wrecked in Hurricane Daisy, 7 October 1962 |
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Displacement | 455 tons |
Length | 132 ft 4 in (40.34 m) |
Beam | 24 ft (7.32 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 8 in (2.95 m) |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
Armament | one 3” gun mount |
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Goldfinch was built as the trawler Fordham in 1930 by Bath Iron Works of Bath, Maine, and purchased by the Navy in 1940. She served until 1944 and was sold into merchant service in 1946, regaining her previous name. Fordham was sold in 1949 and renamed Titus. In 1960, she was sold to Canada and renamed Beater. She was wrecked on 7 October 1962 during Hurricane Daisy.