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Lead ship of Accentor-class minesweeper
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/USS_Accentor.jpg/300px-USS_Accentor.jpg) USS Accentor
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History
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United States
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Name
| Accentor
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Namesake
| Accentor
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Builder
| W. A. Robinson, Inc.
,
Ipswich, Massachusetts
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Laid down
| 21 January 1941
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Launched
| 10 May 1941
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Commissioned
| 24 July 1941
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Decommissioned
| 1 September 1942
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In service
| 1 September 1942
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Out of service
| 14 June 1946
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Stricken
| 3 July 1946
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Identification
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Fate
| Sold as surplus, October 1946
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General characteristics
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Class and type
| Accentor
-class
minesweeper
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Displacement
| 221 long tons (225 t)
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Length
| 97 ft 6 in (29.72 m)
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Beam
| 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
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Draft
| 8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)
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Installed power
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Propulsion
| 1 ×
screws
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Speed
| 10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
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Complement
| 17
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Armament
| 2 × .5 in (13 mm) caliber
machine guns
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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.
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.
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Pre World War II
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Following outfitting there and shakedown training in nearby waters and off the
Virginia
capes, the coastal minesweeper arrived at
Portland, Maine
on 26 September and reported to the commanding officer of Mine Division 26 for duty in the inshore patrol. For almost one year ? but for a month of availability at the Boston Navy Yard from 18 March to 17 April 1942 ? she performed her duties of streaming and sweeping for
mines
. During this time, the United States entered
World War II
on 7 December 1941.
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World War II
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In mid-August 1942, orders arrived directing
Accentor
to proceed via Boston to
Annapolis, Maryland
for minesweeping tests in the
Chesapeake Bay
. She departed Portland on 22 August and reached the
United States Naval Academy
six days later. She was decommissioned there on 1 September and simultaneously placed in service. She spent the remainder of her naval career operating in the Chesapeake Bay region, for the most part under the auspices of the
Naval Mine Warfare Proving Ground
at
Solomons Island
,
Maryland
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Post World War II
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After World War II ended and most postwar minesweeping tasks had been completed,
Accentor
was placed out of service on 14 June 1946 and, a week later, declared surplus to the Navy needs. Struck from the
Navy list
on 3 July 1946, she was transferred early in October 1946 to the
Maritime Commission
for disposal and sold to Higgins, Inc., of
New Orleans, Louisiana
. She was delivered to that company at
Lake Charles, Louisiana
on 9 October 1946.
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References
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This article incorporates text from the
public domain
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
. The entry can be found
here
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External links
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