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USS Jacamar (AMCU 25)

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Name
  
USS Jacamar

Fate
  
Unknown

Length
  
50 m

Commissioned
  
9 October 1944

Launched
  
2 October 1944

Builder
  
New Jersey Shipbuilding Corporation, Barber, New Jersey

Laid down
  
1 September 1944, as LCI(L)-870

Reclassified
  
LSIL, 28 February 1949 USS Jacamar (AMCU-25), 7 March 1952

USS Jacamar (AMCU-25), was a LCI(L)-351-class large landing craft of the United States Navy.

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History

Laid down on 1 September 1944, by the New Jersey Shipbuilding Corporation of Barber, New Jersey, the ship was launched on 2 October 1944, commissioned as USS LCI(L)-870 on 9 October 1944, and decommissioned in 1954. Other than the fact that she was commissioned in 1944 and decommissioned after 1954, very little is known about her operational activities.

Conversion to minesweeper

Laid up in the Reserve Fleet, her designation changed to Landing Ship Infantry (Large) LSIL, on 28 February 1949, and the ship was authorized for conversion to Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator), in FY 1952 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington. Renamed USS Jacamar (AMCU-25) on 7 March 1952, conversion began on 3 August 1953, was completed on 1 February 1954, and the ship was recommissioned as USS Jacamar (AMCU-25) on 1 December 1954.

Decommissioning

Jacamar was decommissioned, (date unknown), struck from the Naval Vessel Register, (date unknown). Her final disposition and fate are unknown.

Additional characteristics

  • Armor, 10-lb. STS plating to splinter shields, pilothouse, and conning station.
  • Fuel Capacity, 110 tons, lube oil 240 gallons.
  • References

    USS Jacamar (AMCU-25) Wikipedia