USS Dutton (AGS-8)

History
United States
Name	USS PCS-1396
Builder	South Coast Co. Newport Beach, California
Launched	7 August 1943
Sponsored by	Miss Cynthia A. Gaffney
Commissioned	29 March 1944
Reclassified	AGS-8, 20 March 1945
Renamed	Dutton, 24 March 1945
Namesake	Benjamin Dutton, Jr.
Reclassified	AGSC-8, 29 July 1946
Decommissioned	26 August 1949
Stricken	Date unknown
Honors and awards	3 battle stars, World War II
Fate	Sold, 21 February 1950
General characteristics
Class and type	PCS-1376-class minesweeper
Displacement	340 t.
Length	136 ft (41.5 m)
Beam	23 ft 4 in (7.11 m)
Draft	8 ft 7 in (2.62 m)
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement	74
Armament	1 × gun mount

USS Dutton (AGSC-8/AGS-8), originally PCS-1396, was a

PCS-1396 was launched 7 August 1943 by South Coast Shipyard, Newport Beach, California; sponsored by Miss Cynthia A. Gaffney; and commissioned 29 March 1944. She was reclassified AGS-8, 20 March 1945, and assigned the name Dutton 4 days later. She was redesignated AGSC-8 on 29 July 1946.

PCS-1396 sailed from

Dutton served in the Far East until returning to San Diego 20 January 1946. In the summer of that year she took part in Operation Crossroads, the atomic weapons tests at Bikini. Between 3 February and 13 September 1947 Dutton conducted surveys of the waters surrounding Truk. She sailed for the east coast 11 July 1948, and after preparation at Naval Station Norfolk, joined Hydrographic Survey Group I which put out from New York City 9 September for the Persian Gulf. Dutton surveyed uncharted or poorly known waters off Kuwait and Bahrain until her return to Norfolk 2 June 1949. She was decommissioned at New York 26 August 1949, and sold 21 February 1950.

Dutton received three

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

• Photo gallery of Dutton at NavSource Naval History