USS Adamant (AMc-62)
USS Adamant (AMc-62) was an Accentor-class minesweeper in the United States Navy during World War II.
Adamant was laid down on 31 March 1941 at Greenport, Long Island, New York, by the Greenport Basin & Construction Co. as USS Advance; renamed Adamant on 17 May 1941; launched on 7 June 1941; sponsored by Mrs. Kelly Hunter, a niece of Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr.; and placed in service on 26 September 1941 at the New York Navy Yard, Lt. (jg.) R. A. L. Ellis, USNR, in charge.
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