USS Magnet (YDG-9)
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Magnet |
| Builder | Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland, Oregon |
| Laid down | 27 May 1943 |
| Launched | 30 September 1943 |
| Commissioned | 10 July 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 11 December 1946 |
| Renamed | Magnet, 1 February 1955 |
| Reclassified | ADG-9, 1 November 1947 |
| Stricken | 21 February 1975 |
| Fate | Sunk as target 4 March 1976 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 640 long tons (650 t) |
| Length | 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 51 |
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The third USS Magnet (ADG-9) was a
patrol craft escort (PCE-879), she was laid down on 27 May 1943 by the Albina Engine & Machine Works
of Portland, Oregon; launched 30 September 1943; reclassified YDG-9 on 23 December 1943; and commissioned 10 July 1944.
Service history
Following shakedown and training out of
Sasebo, Japan
as those groups cleared the waters to allow safe passage to both military and merchant shipping.
Returning to the United States later in the year, she decommissioned 11 December 1946 at San Diego where she remained berthed, into 1969, as a unit of the Pacific Reserve Fleet. After entering the Reserve Fleet, YDG-9 was reclassified ADG-9 on 1 November 1947, and named Magnet on 1 February 1955, the third U.S. Navy ship of the name.
Struck from the
Baja California, Mexico at 31°16′N 117°40′W / 31.267°N 117.667°W
at a depth of 1,050 fathoms (6,300 feet; 1,920 meters).
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- "Magnet". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Retrieved 4 January 2007.
- "Magnet (ADG 9) / ex-YDG-9 / ex-PCE-879". Patrol Craft Escort Photo Archive. Retrieved 4 January 2007.
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