USS Incredible
Minesweeper of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Incredible (AM-249) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was built to clear minefields in offshore waters, and served the Navy in the North Atlantic Ocean and then in the Pacific Ocean. She returned home, finishing the war with two battle stars to her credit. When she was recalled for duty in the Korean War, she returned home again with four more battle stars.
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Name | USS Incredible |
Builder | Savannah Machine and Foundry Company |
Laid down | 9 September 1943 |
Launched | 21 November 1943 |
Commissioned | 17 April 1944 |
Decommissioned | 6 November 1946 |
Recommissioned | 14 August 1950 |
Decommissioned | 21 September 1954 |
Stricken | 1 December 1959 |
Fate | Sold for scrap 1 December 1960 |
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Class and type | Admirable-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 650 tons |
Length | 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
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Speed | 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h) |
Complement | 104 |
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Operations: | Operation Dragoon, Korean War |
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