| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | Auk |
| Pennant | AM 106 |
| Built by | Pennsylvania Shipyards Inc. (Beaumont, Texas, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 1 Apr 1941 |
| Laid down | 15 Nov 1941 |
| Launched | 16 Aug 1942 |
| Commissioned | 3 Apr 1943 |
| Lost | 22 Jan 1944 |
| Loss position | 41° 24'N, 12° 44'E |
| History | USS Portent (Lt. Howard Carlton Plummer, USNR) is mined and sunk south-east of Anzio, Italy in position 41º24'N, 12º44E'. |
Commands listed for USS Portent (AM 106)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt. Howard Carlton Plummer, USNR | 3 Apr 1943 | 22 Jan 1944 (1) |
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Notable events involving Portent include:
Survivors of Portent were picked up by USS Brooklyn (2)
Sources
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