USS Dash (AM-88)
The first USS Dash (AM-88) was an Adroit class minesweeper of the United States Navy.
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Dash |
| Builder | Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon |
| Laid down | 6 April 1942 |
| Launched | 20 June 1942 |
| Commissioned | 27 October 1942 |
| Renamed | USS PC-1592, 1 June 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 10 May 1946 |
| Fate | Transferred to the War Assets Administration, 19 December 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Adroit-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 295 long tons (300 t) |
| Length | 173 ft 8 in (52.93 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 7 in (3.53 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Complement | 65 |
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The ship was laid down on 6 April 1942 by the Commercial Iron Works of Portland, Oregon, launched on 20 June 1942, and commissioned on 27 October 1942. Dash was reclassified as the submarine chaser PC-1592 on 1 June 1944, and decommissioned on 10 May 1946 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The ship was transferred to the War Assets Administration for disposal on 19 December 1947. Fate unknown.
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