USS Defiance (AMc-73)

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Career (US)
Laid down:	10 April 1941
Launched:	21 June 1941
In service:	24 November 1941
Out of service:	1945
Struck:	1946
Fate:	fate unknown
General characteristics
Displacement:	195 tons
Length:	97 ft 1 in (29.6 m)
Beam:	22 ft 0 in (6.7 m)
Draught:	8.5 ft (2.6 m) (mean) (f.)
Speed:	10.0 knots (19 km/h)
Complement:	17
Armament:	two .50 cal. machine guns

USS Defiance (AMc-73) was an Accentor-class coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.

Contents 1 World War II service 2 Post-war inactivation 3 References 4 External links

[edit] World War II service

Defiance was launched in June 1941 and was placed "in service", during 1941-45 and attached to the 10th Naval District.

[edit] Post-war inactivation

She was struck in 1946.

[edit] References

• This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

[edit] External links

• Photo gallery of Defiance at NavSource Naval History

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