USS Pursuit (AM-108)
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United States | |
Name | USS Pursuit |
Builder | Winslow, Washington |
Laid down | 12 November 1941 |
Launched | 12 June 1942 |
Commissioned | 30 April 1943 |
Decommissioned | 30 April 1947 |
Recommissioned | 15 February 1950 |
Decommissioned | 30 June 1960 |
Reclassified | AGS–17, August 1951 |
Stricken | 1 July 1960 |
Honours and awards | 8 battle stars (World War II) |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Auk-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 890 long tons (904 t) |
Length | 221 ft 3 in (67.44 m) |
Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 100 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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USS Pursuit (AM-108) was an Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.
Pursuit was laid down by
World War II Pacific operations
Following
Lingayen Gulf operations
On 6 January 1945 Pursuit reached
Okinawa Invasion operations
Arriving at Okinawa on 24 March with Task Group TG 52.3, she commenced sweeping operations until the 31st, then took her part in an inner anti-submarine screen for the landing forces at Hagushi Beaches. On 6 April Pursuit shot down one suicide plane and assisted in shooting down several others, sailing on 27 May for Portland, Oregon.
Post War decommissioning
After the cessation of hostilities, Pursuit got underway for the
Recommissioned as survey ship
Recommissioned 15 February 1950, Pursuit left Texas and proceeded off Labrador and Greenland as part of Hydrographic Survey Group 2. For the next three years she spent the winter survey season operating in the Caribbean, and the summer months in the northern latitudes off Labrador and Greenland. Reclassified AGS–17, 15 August 1951, Pursuit continued that employment schedule until mid-1954 when she set course for İskenderun, Turkey, 6 October, returning to Norfolk, Virginia, 23 March 1955. On 15 July she was underway for a survey and resupply mission along the Arctic "DEW Line". Having sounded previously uncharted waters both above and below the Arctic Circle, she returned to the east coast, at New York, 10 October.
During 1956, 1957, and 1958 Pursuit again conducted
Final decommissioning
Mooring there 9 May, she began inactivation and decommissioned 30 June 1960. Her name was struck from the
Awards
Pursuit earned 8
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 USS Pursuit (AM-108/AGS-17) at NavSource Naval History
- Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 AM-108 USS Pursuit
- USS Pursuit (AM 108)
- The Forgotten Battle of World War II