USS Impeccable (AM-320)
USS Impeccable (AM-320) was an Auk-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally ordered as HMS Brutus (BAM-7) for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy under Lend-Lease, but was acquired and renamed by the United States Navy before construction began. She was commissioned in 1944 and served in the Pacific before being decommissioned in 1947. After the outbreak of hostilities in Korea, Impeccable was recommissioned in 1952 and served off Korea through 1952. She was decommissioned for the final time in October 1955 and placed in reserve. She was sold for scrapping in 1974.
USS Impeccable (last ship on the left) at Sasebo, Japan, 1952. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | HMS Brutus (BAM-7) |
| Builder | General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California |
| Renamed | USS Impeccable (AM-320), 23 January 1943 |
| Laid down | 1 February 1943 |
| Launched | 21 May 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Agnes W. Hanson |
| Commissioned | 24 April 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 27 March 1947 |
| Recommissioned | 12 March 1952 |
| Homeport | Long Beach, California |
| Reclassified | MSF-320, 7 February 1955 |
| Decommissioned | 14 October 1955, Astoria, Oregon |
| Stricken | 1 July 1972 |
| Honors and awards | three battle stars for World War II service and two for Korean War service |
| Fate | placed in reserve, 1955; sold for scrap, 1 April 1974 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Auk-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 890 long tons (900 t) |
| Length | 221 ft 2 in (67.41 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion | Baldwin VO8 diesel electric drive engines, Westinghouse single reduction gear, two shafts; 2,976 shp (2,219 kW) |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement | 105 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | one 3 in (76 mm) dual purpose gun mount, two twin 40 mm gun mounts, two twin 20 mm gun mounts, two depth charge tracks. five depth charge projectiles |
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