Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive

Defiance (AMc 73)

Call sign:
Nan - Fox - Baker - Uncle

Accentor Class Coastal Minesweeper: Laid down 10 April 1941 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, RI; Launched 21 June 1941; Placed in service 24 November 1941; Attached to the 10th Naval District in the Carribbean and operated off San Juan, Puerto Rico. Placed out of service in 1945; Struck from the Navy Register in December 1945 and sold. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 190 t.; Length 97' 1"; Beam 22'; Draft 9'; Speed 10 kts.; Complement 17; Armament one .50 cal. machine gun; Propulsion one 400bhp Superior K.N.B. diesel engine, one shaft.

Click on thumbnail for fusl iize Image	Size	Image Description		Source
No image of Defiance (AMc 73) is available at this time

View the Defiance (AMc 73)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

Back To The Main Photo Index

Back To the Mine Warfare Ship Photo Index

Back To The Coastal Mine Sweeper (AMc) Photo Index

Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster