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Industry (AMc 86)

Call sign:
Nan - Uncle - Peter - Easy

Accentor Class Coastal Minesweeper:

Laid down 11 May 1941 by the F. L. Fulton Shipyard, Antioch, CA

Launched 6 September 1941

Placed in service 19 December 1941

Decommissioned in late 1944 to replace sweep gear with sound gear and diving equipment for underwater locator work

Recommissioned 15 December 1944

Driven ashore 9 October 1945 during Typhoon Louise at Buckner Bay, Okinawa

Stripped and decommissioned 22 December 1945

Struck from the Naval Register 8 January 1946

Hulk destroyed in August 1946.

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 Atlas 6 HM-2124 diesel engine, one shaft.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description		Source
	117k	Original photo: c. 1942 U.S. Navy photo Replacement photo: Photo from the 1943/1944 edition of Janes Fighting Ships		Original photo: Jane's Fighting Ships Replacement photo: Robert Hurst

Commanding Officers
01	LTJG H. J. Scullin, USNR	1945

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

View the Industry (AMc 86)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway website

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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