USS Engage (AM-93)
| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Engage (AM-93) |
| Builder: | Dravo Corporation, Neville Island, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Laid down: | 26 February 1942 |
| Launched: | 11 July 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 22 October 1942 |
| Renamed: | USS PC-1597, 1 June 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 19 November 1945 |
| Honors and awards: |
1 battle star (World War II) |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Dominican Republic, 1946 |
| Career (Dominican Republic) | |
| Name: | Cibao (P103) |
| Acquired: | 1946 |
| Renamed: | Constitución (P203) |
| Decommissioned: | 1961 |
| Fate: | unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Adroit-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 295 long tons (300 t) |
| Length: | 173 ft 8 in (52.93 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Draft: | 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 1,770 bhp (1,320 kW) Cooper Bessemer GNB-8 diesel engines (Serial No. 1977 & 1980) Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Complement: | 65 |
| Armament: | • 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun • 1 × 40 mm gun |
USS Engage (AM-93) was an Adroit-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. Laid down on 26 February 1942 by the Dravo Corporation, Neville Island, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, launched on 11 July 1942, and commissioned on 22 October 1942. The ship was reclassified as a submarine chaser, PC-1597 on 1 June 1944.
Read more about USS Engage (AM-93): World War II East Coast Operations, Operating As A Submarine Chaser, Post-war Deactivation
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