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USS Conqueror (AMc 70)

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Laid down
  
8 May 1941

In service
  
6 March 1942

Struck
  
c1946

Length
  
30 m

Launched
  
date unknown

Out of service
  
6 December 1945

Displacement
  
195 tons

Construction started
  
8 May 1941

USS Conqueror (AMc-70) was an Accentor-class coastal 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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Conqueror was built by Warren Fish Company, Pensacola, Florida,

World War II service

Conqueror was placed in service on 6 March 1942, and assigned successively to the 6th Naval District, the Caribbean Sea Frontier, and the 10th Naval District. Home Port in 1944-1945 was US Submarine base at St. Thomas V.I.

Placed out of service

On 6 December 1945 she was placed out of service and delivered to the War Shipping Administration for disposal.

References

USS Conqueror (AMc-70) Wikipedia


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