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Paramount (AMc 92)



Call sign:
Nan - William - George - Queen


Acme Class Coastal Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 14 April 1941 by the Delaware Bay Shipbuilding Co., Leesburg, NJ
  • Launched 9 August 1941
  • Placed in service as USS Paramount (AMc 92), 31 December 1941 under the command of LT William N. McMillen, USNR
  • Ran aground 17 February 1942 off Cape Hatteras, NC and abandoned without loss. Coast Guard Cutter Dione (WPG 107) provided assistance. Salvaged and returned to service
  • Disabled 19 February 1942 in a collision with Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. tanker Oswego Socony and towed to Morehead City, NC in a sinking condition
  • Placed out of service 8 February 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register 26 February 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 16 September 1946
  • Acquired 29 January 1947 by Adam P. Smith of New Orleans, LA for use as a freighter and renamed Oro Vaca
  • Acquired later in 1947 by Walter J. Godfrey of Brownsville, TX
  • Acquired in 1948 by the Western Shellfish Co., Inc. of Brownsville
  • Acquired in 1949 by William M. Eppler of Aransas, TX for use as a fishing boat
  • Acquired in 1953 by William Henry Bauer of Port Lavaca, TX
  • Scrapped in 1962Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 228 t.
  • Length 97' 1"
  • Beam 22'
  • Draft 9' 1"
  • Speed 10 kts.
  • Complement 17
  • Armament: Two .50 cal. machine guns
  • Propulsion: One 400bhp Enterprise DMG-6 diesel engine, one shaft.
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    Paramount 89k Launching Bill Beggs
    Paramount 131k Launching Maurice River Township Heritage Society
    Paramount 26k After launching Bill Beggs
    Paramount 54k
    Paramount 87k After launching Maurice River Township Heritage Society
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