Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | Adroit |
Pennant | AM 99 |
Built by | Penn-Jersey Shipbuilding Co. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 1 Apr 1941 |
Laid down | 19 Nov 1941 |
Launched | 7 Sep 1942 |
Commissioned | 16 Jun 1943 |
End service | 21 Jun 1945 |
History | Reclassified as patrol craft PC-1603 on 1 June 1944 On 26 May 1945 PC-1603 was struck by two Japanese kamikaze aircraft off Kimmu Wan, Okinawa. On 21 June 1945 PC-1603 was decommissioned. Her hulk was ordered destroyed on 24 October 1945. |
Commands listed for USS Force (AM 99)
Please note that we're still working on this section.
Commander | From | To | |
1 | Thomas Tobias Scudder, USNR | 16 Jun 1943 | early 1944 |
2 | Paul Francis McLaughlin, USNR | early 1944 | mid 1944 |
3 | Loren Wilson Snoyer, USNR | mid 1944 | 26 Dec 1944 |
4 | Adam H Romeiser, USNR | 26 Dec 1944 |
You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.