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Engage (AM 93)
PC-1597



PC-1597 call sign:
November - Alpha - Delta - Romeo



PC-1597 served the Navies of the United States and the Dominican Republic.

Adroit Class Minesweeper: Laid down, (date unknown) by the Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, PA; Launched, 11 July 1942; Commissioned Engage (AM 93), 22 October 1942; Reclassified as a Submarine Chaser PC-1597, 1 June 1944; Decommissioned, 19 November 1945 at Jacksonville, FL; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 8 November 1946; Transferred to the Dominican Republic, (date unknown) and renamed Cibao
(P 103)
; Later renamed Constitucion. Fate unknown. PC-1597 earned one battle star for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 295 t.; Length 173' 8"; Beam 23'; Draft 11' 7"; Speed 17 kts; Complement 66; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount; Propulsion, two 1,770 bhp Cooper Bessemer GNB-8 diesel engines (Serial No. 1977 & 1980), two shafts.
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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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