USS Fearless (AMc-80)

the second USS Fearless (AMc-80) was an Accentor-class coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy.

History
United States
Laid down: 4 August 1941
Launched: 18 November 1941
Commissioned: 4 February 1942
Decommissioned: date unknown
Stricken: date unknown
Fate: sunk as a target in 1973
General characteristics
Displacement: 275 tons
Length: 98 ft 5 in (30.00 m)
Beam: 23 ft 7 in (7.19 m)
Draught: 10 ft 8 in (3.25 m)
Speed: 10.0 knots
Complement: 17
Armament: two .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns

World War II service

No data available.

Reclassified as a dive tender

Fearless was reclassified YDT-5 on 15 February 1943.

Deactivation

Fearless was sunk as a target in 1973.

The Fearless is in 80 feet of water lying on her keel 800 yards North of Great Harbour Peter Island in the British Virgin Islands.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.