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Prestige (AMc 97)

Call sign:
Nan - Able - Dog - Item

Acme Class Coastal Minesweeper:

Laid down 27 May 1941 by Anderson and Cristofani, San Francisco, CA

Launched 16 August 1941

Placed in service 23 December 1941

Commissioned USS Prestige (AMc 97), 15 December 1944

Decommissioned 24 June 1946 at San Diego, CA

Struck from the Naval Register 19 July 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission 7 November 1947

Sold in 1953 to Captain Harley Brown, renamed Broughton Straits and towed to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Acquired in 1954 to the Dola Towing Co., Ltd of Vancouver and named Johnstone Straits

Acquired in 1970 by Jenille K. Bradly of Seattle, WA and renamed Itbokus Strait

Acquired in 1978 by Terrie H. Hillgardner of Sausalito, CA and renamed Broughton Straits

Acquired in 1981 by Straits Towing, Ltd. of Vancouver

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 228 t.

Length 97' 1"

Beam 22'

Draft 9' 1"

Speed 10 kts.

Complement 17

Armament: Two .50 cal. machine guns

Propulsion: One 400bhp Enterprise DMG-6 diesel engine, one shaft.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description		Source
	47k	Johnstone Straits		Joe Radigan

Commanding Officers
01	LTJG Charles A. Lavelle, USNR	15 December 1944 - 1945
02	LT John A. Gordon, Jr., USNR	1945 - 24 June 1946

Courtesy Joe Radigan

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