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Adroit (AM 82)
PC-1586
Adroit Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 31 July 1941 by the Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR; Launched, 21 February 1942; Commissioned Adroit (AM 82), 28 July 1942; Reclassified as a Submarine Chaser PC-1586, 1 June 1944; Decommissioned, 14 December 1945; Struck from the Naval Register, 8 January 1946; Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 18 March 1948. Fate unknown. Adroit earned one battle star for World War II service.
Specifications: Displacement 295 t.; Length 173' 8"; Beam 23'; Draft 6' 6"; Speed 16 kts; Complement 65; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount and one 40mm; Propulsion, two 1,770 bhp Cooper Bessemer GNB8 diesel engines, two shafts.
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