Name USS Harrier Commissioned 31 August 1945 Struck 1 December 1959 Construction started 11 August 1943 Length 56 m Displacement 857,300 kg | Laid down 11 August 1943 Decommissioned 28 March 1946 Fate Sold 1964 Launched 7 June 1944 Weight 960.2 tons | |
Builder Willamette Iron and Steel Works Part of United States Pacific Fleet (1945–1946) | ||
USS Harrier (AM-366) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy. Laid down on 11 August 1943 by the Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland, Oregon, launched 7 June 1944, commissioned as USS Harrier (AM-366), 31 October 1945.
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Post-World War II West Coast operations
After shakedown and exercises along the Oregon coast, Harrier put into San Diego, California, 5 January 1946.
Decommissioning
She decommissioned, 28 March 1946 at San Diego, California. Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1959. Transferred to the Maritime Commission, sold in 1964 and renamed Sea Scope.
Sea Scope
This ship was reclassified for oceanographic research and was equipped with a variety of underwater tools including sonar, photographic equipment, magnetic and seabed exploration equipment. It is reported to have been used, circa 1970, to reconnoiter the site of the Soviet K-129 sub prior to the CIA project Azorian/Glomar Explorer to recover part of that sub in 1974.
Later History
Renamed Atlantic Coast in 1998.