USS Improve (AM-247)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Improve |
| Builder: | Savannah Machine and Foundry Company |
| Laid down: | 1 June 1943 |
| Launched: | 26 September 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 29 February 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 6 November 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold into merchant service 24 February 1949 Sunk in 1953 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Admirable-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 650 tons |
| Length: | 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × ALCO 539 diesel engines, 1,710 shp (1.3 MW) Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h) |
| Complement: | 104 |
| Armament: | 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun DP 2 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 2 × Depth charge tracks |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | US Atlantic Fleet (1944-1945) US Pacific Fleet (1945-1946) |
| Awards: | 2 Battle stars |
USS Improve (AM-247) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was built to clear minefields in offshore waters, and served the Navy in the North Atlantic Ocean and then in the Pacific Ocean. She returned home proudly at war’s end with two battle stars to her credit.
Improve was laid down 1 June 1943 by Savannah Machine & Foundry Co., Savannah, Georgia; launched 26 September 1943; sponsored by Mrs. J. E. Poythress and commissioned 29 February 1944, Lt. P. W. Howle, Jr. in command.
Read more about USS Improve (AM-247): World War II North Atlantic Operations, Transfer To The Pacific Fleet, Decommissioning, Awards
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