USS Incredible (AM-249)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Incredible |
| Builder: | Savannah Machine and Foundry Company |
| Laid down: | 9 September 1943 |
| Launched: | 21 November 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 17 April 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 6 November 1946 |
| Recommissioned: | 14 August 1950 |
| Decommissioned: | 21 September 1954 |
| Struck: | 1 December 1959 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap 1 December 1960 |
| 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 (1944-45) US Pacific Fleet (1945-46), (1950-54) Pacific Reserve Fleet (1946-50), (1954-59) |
| Operations: | Operation Dragoon, Korean War |
| Awards: | 2 Battle stars (World War II) 4 Battle stars (Korean War) |
USS Incredible (AM-249) 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 finished the war with two battle stars to her credit. When she was recalled for duty in the Korean War, she returned home again with four more battle stars.
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