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Vigor (AMc 110)

Call sign:
Nan - Able - Victor - Item

Accentor Class Coastal Minesweeper:

The first Vigor was laid down 6 August 1941 by the Snow Shipyards Inc., Rockland, ME

Launched 19 January 1942

Placed in service as USS Vigor (AMc 110), 4 May 1942 at the Boston Navy Yard

Placed out of service 31 October 1945 at Charleston, SC

Struck from the Naval Register 16 November 1945

Transferred to the War Shipping Administration 13 November 1946

Sold in 1947 to the Bay State Fishing Co., Inc. of Boston, MA and renamed J.B. Junior

Sold in 1960 to Salvatore P. Lovasco of Gloucester, MA

Sold in 1961 to Holy Cross Vessel, Inc. of Gloucester and renamed Holy Cross

Out of documentation in 1976

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 303 t.

Length 98' 5"

Beam 23' 6"

Draft 10' 8"

Speed 10 kts.

Complement 17

Armament: Two .50 cal. machine guns

Propulsion: One 450bhp Fairbanks Morse 35F14 diesel engine, one shaft.

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	136k	c. June 1945 Newport, RI Vigor was manned by three white officers and a black crew. It was one of the Navy's first attempts at having black crew members		John H. Baker, Jr.

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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