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Adamant (AMc 62)
ex-Advance



Call sign:
Nan - Baker - Peter - Uncle
Accentor Class Coastal Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 31 March 1941 as Advance by the Greenport Basin and Construction Co., Greenport, Long Island, NY
  • Renamed Adamant 17 May 1941
  • Launched 7 June 1941
  • Placed in service as USS Adamant (AMc 62), 26 September 1941
  • Placed out of service 18 December 1945 at Charleston, SC
  • Struck from the Naval Register 8 January 1946
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration 3 March 1947 and sold for scrap to Mr. Lloyd Lambert of Baltimore, MD.

    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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