USS Loyalty (AMc-88)

	Accentor-class minesweeper, sister ship Memorable
History
United States
Builder	Fulton Shipyard
Laid down	8 May 1941
Launched	23 August 1941
Commissioned	15 December 1944
Decommissioned	4 December 1945
In service	17 January 1942
Stricken	19 December 1945
Fate	Grounded and destroyed,; 12 January 1946;
General characteristics
Displacement	195 tons
Length	97 ft 1 in (29.59 m)
Beam	22 ft (6.7 m)
Draft	9 ft (2.7 m)
Speed	10 knots
Complement	17
Armament	two machine guns., two .30 cal (7.62 mm)

USS Loyalty (AMc-88) was an

U.S. Navy

for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.

Loyalty was laid down by Fulton Shipyard, Antioch, California, 8 May 1941; launched 23 August 1941; sponsored by Mrs. Donald Noackk; and placed in service 17 January 1942.

Assigned to the

Okinawa

18 June.

Throughout the summer, Loyalty operated out of

depth charges from a sunken enemy destroyer

.

She remained in the western Pacific after V-J Day. While en route to

Navy list

the 19th. She was destroyed 12 January 1946.

Loyalty received one

battle star for World War II

service.