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USS Fidelity (AM 96)

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Name
  
USS Fidelity

Commissioned
  
9 September 1942

Launched
  
28 February 1942

Builder
  
Nashville

Laid down
  
15 October 1941

Construction started
  
15 October 1941

Length
  
53 m

Renamed
  
USS PC-1600, 1 June 1944

Honors and awards
  
2 battle stars (World War II)

Fate
  
Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 15 June 1948

USS Fidelity (AM-96) was an Adroit-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. Laid down on 15 October 1941 by the Nashville Bridge Company of Nashville, Tennessee, launched on 28 February 1942, and commissioned on 9 September 1942. The ship was reclassified as a submarine chaser USS PC-1600 on 1 June 1944.

PC-1600 was decommissioned, (date unknown), and transferred to the Maritime Commission on 15 June 1948, and sold to Charles Weaver. Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). Fate unknown. PC-1600 earned two battle stars for World War II service.

References

USS Fidelity (AM-96) Wikipedia