Allied Warships

USS Firm (AM 98)

Minesweeper of the Adroit class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAdroit 
PennantAM 98 
Built byPenn-Jersey Shipbuilding Co. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered1 Apr 1941 
Laid down21 Oct 1941 
Launched29 May 1942 
Commissioned10 Apr 1943 
End service 
History

Reclassified as patrol craft PC-1602 on 1 June 1944

 

Commands listed for USS Firm (AM 98)

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1E. E. Haase, USNR10 Apr 1943late 1943
2I B Warner, USNRlate 1943mid 1944
3L. Reed, USNRmid 1944mid 1945
4K. T. Shipley, USNRmid 1945

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