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NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive

Courtesy of Tommy Trampp

Reliable (AMc 100)

Call sign:
Nan - Able - How - Sugar

Accentor Class Coastal Minesweeper:

Laid down 18 August 1941 by Anderson and Cristofani, San Francisco, CA

Launched 14 February 1942

Placed in service 9 March 1942 at Mare Island Navy Yard under the command of ENS Roy E. Brenkman, USNR

Placed out of service in September 1945

Struck from the Naval Register 19 December 1945

Transferred the War Shipping Administration 11 October 1946

Acquired in 1950 by Joseph Flores of Guam

Abandoned in 1955.

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.

Size	Image Description	Source
129k	19 March 1942 Off Mare Island Navy Yard	Darryl Baker
98k	19 March 1942 Off Mare Island Navy Yard Mare Island Navy Yard photo 1439-42	Tracy White
266k	At Mare Island Navy Yard, 19 March 1942. USS Memorable (AMc-89) is alongside National Archives photo 19-N-28840 and 19-N-28841	Mike Green
300k		Mike Green

View the Reliable (AMc 100)
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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