Name USS Firm Commissioned 10 April 1943 Launched 29 May 1942 Builder Camden | Laid down 21 October 1941 Construction started 21 October 1941 Length 53 m | |
Renamed USS PC-1602, 1 June 1944 Renamed USS PCC-1602, 1 August 1945 Fate Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 15 June 1948 | ||
USS Firm (AM-98) was an Adroit-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. Laid down on 21 October 1941 by the Penn-Jersey Corp., Camden, New Jersey, launched on 29 May 1942, and commissioned on 10 April 1943. The vessel was reclassified as a submarine chaser PC-1602 on 1 June 1944; it was later reclassified as a control submarine chaser PCC-1602 on 1 August 1945. Very little information is available about the activities of this vessel while operating as a submarine chaser. PC-1602 was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 15 June 1948, and sold to Walter H. Wilms. Fate unknown.
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