Adroit-class minesweeper

Class overview
Built:	1941–1942
In commission:	1941–1946
Completed:	18
General characteristics
Displacement:	295 tons
Length:	173 ft 8 in (52.93 m)
Beam:	23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft:	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Propulsion:	2 × 1,770 bhp (1,320 kW) Cooper Bessemer GNB8 diesel engines or 2 × 1,440 bhp (1,070 kW) Busch-Sulzer BS 539 diesel engines 2 shafts
Speed:	16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement:	65
Armament:	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun

The Adroit class minesweepers were a class of United States Navy PC-461-class submarine chasers completed as minesweepers. However, they were considered unsatisfactory in this role, and were all were eventually converted back into submarine chasers.^[1]

Adroit class minesweepers

• USS Adroit (AM-82). Reclassified PC-1586.
• USS Advent (AM-83). Reclassified PC-1587.
• USS Annoy (AM-84). Reclassified PC-1588.
• USS Conflict (AM-85). Reclassified PC-1589.
• USS Constant (AM-86). Reclassified PC-1590.
• USS Daring (AM-87). Reclassified PC-1591.
• USS Dash (AM-88). Reclassified PC-1592.
• USS Despite (AM-89). Reclassified PC-1593.
• USS Direct (AM-90). Reclassified PC-1594.
• USS Dynamic (AM-91). Reclassified PC-1595.
• USS Effective (AM-92). Reclassified PC-1596.
• USS Engage (AM-93). Reclassified PC-1597.
• USS Excel (AM-94). Reclassified PC-1598.
• USS Exploit (AM-95). Reclassified PC-1599.
• USS Fidelity (AM-96). Reclassified PC-1600.
• USS Fierce (AM-97). Reclassified PC-1601.
• USS Firm (AM-98). Reclassified PC-1602.
• USS Force (AM-99). Reclassified PC-1603.

References

1. "The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia: Adroit Class, U.S. Fleet Minesweepers". pwencycl.kgbudge.com. Retrieved 22 December 2010.

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.