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Acme (AMc-61)
ex-Adamant



Call sign:
November - Bravo - Oscar - Sierra
Accentor Class Coastal Minesweeper: Laid down, 31 March 1941 at Greenport Basin and Construction Co., Greenport, Long Island, NY; Named Adamant, 17 May 1941; Renamed Acme, 23 May 1941; Launched, 31 May 1941; Commissioned USS Acme (AMc-61), 11 September 1941; Decommissioned, 8 March 1942 at New London, CT and placed in service the same day; Placed out of service, 13 December 1945 at Charleston, SC; Struck from the Naval Register, 3 January 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 3 March 1947 and sold to Lloyd W. Lambert of Baltimore, MD. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 224 t.(fl); Length 97' 1"; Beam 22'; Draft 9'; Speed 10 kts; Complement 17; Armament two .50 cal machine guns; Propulsion one 400bhp Union L8 diesel engine, one shaft.

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Acme 116k Underway underway on trials in late 1941, in "Navy Gray" and displaying the red/white/blue/black Mine Force insignia on her bow.
US Navy Photo 19-N-26216.		 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Vol.1, pg. 39
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