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Allied Warships

USS Courier (AMc-72)

Minesweeper of the Accentor class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAccentor 
PennantAMc-72 
Built byWarren Fish Co. (Pensacola, Florida, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down31 Mar, 1941 
Launched17 May, 1941 
Commissioned11 Oct, 1941 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistorySold in 1946. 

Noteable events involving Courier include:

30 Jun, 1942
USS Courier picks up 38 survivors from the American merchant Sam Houston that was torpedoed and sunk on 28 June 1942 by the German submarine U-203 about 160 nautical miles north-east of the Virgin Islands in position 19º21'N, 62º22'W.


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