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USS Swift (AM 122)

Minesweeper of the Auk class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAuk 
PennantAM 122 
Built byJohn H. Mathias Co. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down27 Jun, 1942 
Launched5 Dec, 1942 
Commissioned29 Dec, 1943 
End service13 Dec, 1955 
Loss position
 
HistoryPlaced in commission, in reserve in February 1946 at the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego, California
Placed out of commission, in reserve on 4 June 1946
Recommissioned 19 December 1951
Reclassified Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) MSF-122 on 7 February 1955
Decommissioned 13 December 1955 and assigned to the Pacific Reserve Fleet
Struck from the Naval Register 1 July 1972 and scrapped. 

Noteable events involving Swift include:

17 Apr, 1944
The German submarine U-986 was sunk south-west of Ireland, in position 50º09'N, 12º51'W, by depth charges from the US minesweeper USS Swift and the US submarine chaser USS PC-619. (see map)


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