USS Scurry (AM-304)
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Skurry |
| Builder | Associated Shipbuilders |
| Laid down | 24 May 1943 |
| Launched | 1 October 1943 |
| Commissioned | 29 July 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 22 June 1946 |
| Renamed | USS Scurry, 3 August 1944 |
| Reclassified | MSF-304, 7 February 1955 |
| Stricken | 1 May 1967 |
| Fate | Sunk as a target off the Virginia Capes, 14 August 1967 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | minesweeper |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h) |
| Complement | 104 |
| Armament |
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| Service record | |
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| Operations: | |
| Awards: |
4 Battle stars |
USS Scurry (AM-304) was a steel-hulled
-held beaches. For this dangerous work, often under enemy fire, she was awarded four battle stars.She was
launched on 1 October 1943; sponsored by Miss Winette DeLaye. The minesweeper was commissioned
on 29 July 1944. The spelling of her name was changed from Skurry to Scurry on 3 August 1944.
World War II Pacific Theatre operations
Following
Eniwetok. After arriving there on 3 November, Scurry escorted convoys in the vicinity of Eniwetok and Manus until returning to Pearl Harbor on 13 December. Between 31 December 1944 and 18 January 1945, the ship underwent two six-day periods of minesweeping training off Maui
.
Supporting the Invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa
She sailed on 22 January to support the landings at
antisubmarine patrols around the transports. The minesweeper underwent overhaul at Leyte, Philippines, from 13 July to 17 August and, after escorting a convoy
to Okinawa, sailed from there on 30 August to clear minefields off Japan.
End-of-War Pacific Theater operations
Scurry swept mines in the
prisoners of war. She then returned to mine clearance operations, sweeping in the Korea Strait
until sailing from Sasebo for the United States on 10 December.
Post-war decommissioning
The minesweeper arrived at
decommissioned
and placed in reserve there on 29 June 1946.
Scurry was reclassified MSF-304 on 7 February 1955. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 May 1967 and converted into a salvage training hulk for use by the U.S. Navy at Norfolk, Virginia. Used as a test target Scurry was sunk off the Virginia Capes on 14 August 1967.
Awards
Scurry received 4
battle stars
for her World War II service.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
External links
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