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Dominant (AMc 76)

Call sign:
Nan - Item - Zebra - Xray

Accentor Class Coastal Minesweeper:

The first Dominant was laid down 9 April 1941 by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL

Launched 6 June 1941

Placed in service as USS Dominant (AMc 76), 29 September 1941

Placed out of service 15 April 1946

Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in September 1947

Acquired in 1948 by Cape May Fisheries of Cape May, NJ for use as a fishing boat and renamed Margaret M

Acquired in 1954 by Trawler Polaris, Inc. of South Portland, ME and renamed Polaris

Acquired in 1956 by Riverside, Inc. of Boston, MA

Acquired in 1957 by Boat Polaris, Inc. of Mattapoisett, MA

Acquired in 1960 by the Northern Edge Fishing Co., Inc. of Boston

Acquired in 1963 by Michael C. Gorton of Brunswick, GA and renamed Banner

Acquired in 1968 by Gorton's Seafood Manufacturing Co., Inc. of Brunswick

Out of documentation in 1975

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 205 t.

Length 97' 1"

Beam 22'

Draft 9' 1"

Speed 10 kts.

Complement 17

Armament: One .50 cal. machine gun

Propulsion: One 400bhp Superior K.N.B. diesel engine, one shaft.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description		Source
	90k	U.S. Navy photo by H. G. Nelson, 36 Granby Street Norfolk, VA		Joe Radigan

Commanding Officers
01	LTJG H. J. Theriault, USNR	29 September 1941 - 1942

Courtesy Joe Radigan

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