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Strive (MMC 1)
ex-MSF-117
ex-AM-117



Call sign:
November - Bravo - Charlie - Delta


Strive served the Navies of the United States and Norway.
Auk Class Minesweeper/Strive Class Coastal Minelayer: Laid down, 17 November 1941 at American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, OH; Launched, 16 May 1942; Commissioned USS Strive (AM-117), 27 October 1942; Placed out of commission, in reserve, 14 February 1946 at San Diego, CA and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group; Recommissioned, 1 January 1952; Decommissioned, 8 January 1955 at Green Cove Springs, FL; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs; Reclassified Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled), MSF-117, 5 February 1955; Conversion to a Coastal Minelayer began 15 September 1958; Reclassified as a Coastal Minelayer, MMC-1, 31 October 1958; Struck from the Naval Register 1 October 1959 and transferred to Norway as Gor (N 48). Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 890 t.; Length 221' 2"; Beam 32'; Draft 10' 9"; Speed 18.1 kts.; Complement 105; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two single 40mm gun mounts, two single 20mm gun mounts, two depth charge tracks, five depth charge projectiles; Propulsion two 3,532shp General Motors
12-278 diesel electric engines, Farrel- Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts.

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Strive 97k Under construction Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
am-114 95k Moored San Diego or San Pedro, c. 1946. From left to right: Strive, Sustain (AM-119), Steady (AM-118), and Staff (AM-114).
U.S. Navy photo NH 79735		 Naval Historical Center
Strive 98k San Diego Bay, c. 1952 shortly after recommissioning
US Navy photo NH 96871		 Naval Historical Center
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