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Despite (AM 89)
PC-1593



PC-1593 call sign:
November - Bravo - Yankee - Oscar



Adroit Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 24 November 1941 by the Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburg, PA; Launched, 28 March 1942; Commissioned Despite (AM 89), 31 August 1942; Reclassified as a Submarine Chaser PC-1593, 1 June 1944; Decommissioned, 17 December 1945 at Jacksonville, FL; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 16 September 1946 and sold to the Cornelius Kroll Co., Houston, TX; renamed M/V Mustang from 1948 to 1950. Fate unknown. PC-1593 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 Cooper Bessemer GNB-8 diesel engines (Serial No. 1965 & 1966), two shafts.
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Despite 55k . Gunter Krebs
Despite 65k . Bob Daly/PC-1181
Despite 72k Off Norfolk Navy Yard, 27 August 1943. Bob Daly/PC-1181

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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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