USS Revenge (AM-110)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Revenge |
| Builder | Seattle, Washington |
| Laid down | 19 June 1942 |
| Launched | 7 November 1942 |
| Commissioned | 21 July 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 18 March 1947 |
| Recommissioned | 14 February 1951 |
| Decommissioned | 9 March 1955 |
| Reclassified | MSF-110, 7 March 1955 |
| Stricken | 1 November 1956 |
| Honours and awards | 6 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, May 1967 |
| 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 |
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USS Revenge (AM-110) was a World War II-era Auk-class minesweeper in the service of the United States Navy. It was the sixth United States vessel named Revenge.
Revenge was laid down as Right on 19 June 1942 by
Service history
Marshall and Gilbert Islands campaign
After outfitting at
Following Christmas and training at Pearl Harbor, Revenge sailed for Kwajalein Atoll and commenced minesweeping operations on 13 January 1944. For a brief period following the invasion, she alternated between antisubmarine patrol and harbor entrance control. From the end of February through mid-May, she was utilized as an escort vessel, travelling between the Marshalls, the Gilberts and the Hawaiian Islands. She then returned to the west coast.
Philippines campaign
Upon completion of a short availability at
The weather was exceedingly rough and, the night before the initial sweep, 20 foot seas were running. In spite of the weather, Mine Division 13 (of which Revenge was a unit) entered Leyte Gulf at daybreak with gear streamed. No navigational plots could be kept, nor could the ships remain on stations as the weather had reached typhoon intensity. No enemy action was observed, but activities were made hazardous by the abundance of floating mines and the difficulties involved in maneuvering the craft. Weather abated somewhat the next day and sweeping operations were earned out in a more normal fashion. After six days Revenge was credited with the destruction of nearly 70 mines.
Once the beachhead was secured and the anchorage made safe, the division continued clearance sweeps around
Revenge was scheduled to participate in the invasion of
Okinawa invasion
No early difficulties were encountered off Okinawa by Revenge. She operated just off the invasion beaches, where strong tides caused some anxiety and these very tides caused Skylark (AM-63) to drift into unswept waters 28 March, where she struck a mine and sank. In the attendant rescue operations, Revenge cleared a path to one side of Skylark while Sage (AM-111) cleared a path to the other. Rescue work was so efficient that only five men died in the stricken minesweeper, and they were killed in the initial explosion.
For 76 days Revenge remained on patrol off Okinawa. In March her gunners detected and sank a
Post-war operations
In July Revenge returned to Okinawa, but soon departed with a small minesweeping group for the
Operations out of Sasebo took Revenge and her sisters into the East China Sea and the
Second commission, 1951–1955
Recommissioned on 14 February 1951 Revenge provided training services along the east coast as well as in the
Decommissioning and sale
In 1961 Revenge was transferred to the
Revenge earned six
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
Further reading
- Allen, Carl W. (2008). A free paid vacation to the beautiful South Sea Islands : USS Revenge AM-110. Evergreen, AL: Carl W. Allen. LCCN 2012372003.
