World War II Service
Skimmer spent her first four days of Navy service at Boston, Massachusetts; then was ordered to Yorktown, Virginia, for 15 days training. She departed Boston on 30 August and arrived at Yorktown on 2 September.
Later that month, she was ordered to the 4th Naval District for duty, departing Yorktown on the 18th. Skinner spent all her wartime service in the 4th Naval District on coastal and harbor patrol; and, on 31 July 1946, she was placed out of service at Norfolk, Virginia.
Read more about this topic: USS Skimmer (AMc-53)
Famous quotes containing the words world, war and/or service:
“Philosophers are people who do violence, but have no army at their disposal, and so subjugate the world by locking it into a system.”
—Robert Musil (1880–1942)
“We make war that we may live in peace.”
—Aristotle (384–322 B.C.)
“In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)