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Effective (AM 92)
PC-1596

PC-1596 call sign:
November - Alpha - Charlie - Kilo
Adroit Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 31 January 1942 by the Dravo Corp., Neville Island, Pittsburg, PA; Launched, 12 June 1942; Commissioned Effective (AM 92), 1 October 1942; Reclassified as a Submarine Chaser PC-1596, 1 June 1944; Decommissioned, 9 November 1945 at Jacksonville, FL; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 30 July 1946 and sold to Mechanical Equipment, New Orleans, LA. Fate unknown. PC-1596 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 two 1,770shp Cooper Bessemer GNB-8 diesel engines (Serial No. 1975 & 1976), two shafts.
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6 March 1944 National Archives Photo NA-19-N-1595 |
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DANFS History: Effective (AM-92) was launched 13 June 1942 by Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa., sponsored by Mrs. B. H. Rhoads; and commissioned 1 October 1942, Lieutenant Commander A. A. Campbell, USNR, in command. She was reclassified PC-1596, 1 June 1944.Effective sailed from New Orleans 11 November 1942, and called at Key West and Charleston before arriving at Norfolk 8 January 1943. After intensive training she arrived in Bermuda in February. She remained there on patrol and local escort, with occasional escort voyages to ports on the east coast, until 7 July 1944. Sailing from Bermuda she rendezvoused with a convoy boned for the Mediterranean.On 15 August 1944 PC-1596 saw action in the invasion of southern France. She continued to support the operation by escorting convoys among various Mediterranean ports, training and patrol. She departed Oran 27 May 1945 for the east coast and arrived at Jacksonville, Fla., in June. She was decommissioned 9 November 1945, and was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 30 July 1946.PC-1596 received one battle star for World War II service.
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