USS Goldcrest (AM-80)
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Built As: | MV Shawmut |
| Launched: | 1938 |
| Acquired by the U.S. Navy: | 15 May 1941 |
| Renamed: | USS Goldcrest, 12 December 1940 |
| Commissioned: | 15 May 1941 |
| Battle Stars: | None Indicated |
| Decommissioned: | 12 December 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold to former owner, 20 June 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class: | Steel merchant trawler |
| Displacement: | 400 tons |
| Length: | 122 ft 6 in (37.3 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
| Complement: | 36 |
| Armament: | One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount |
| Propulsion: | One 600 shp Atlas 6H M3358 diesel engine, no reduction gear, one shaft. |
The USS Goldcrest (AM-80), a steel merchant trawler built as MV Shawmut in 1928 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Quincy, Massachusetts, was acquired by the U.S. Navy from the Massachusetts Trawling Co. of Boston, Massachusetts ; and commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard 15 May 1941, Lt. Conrad H. Koopman in command.
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[edit] World War II East Coast Operations
Following shakedown training at Mine Warfare School, Yorktown, Virginia, USS Goldcrest arrived New York 10 August 1942 to base at Staten Island while serving as an inshore patrol and NROTC cadet school ship under the 3rd Naval District. On 24 August, she became flagship of Division 1 of the Inshore Patrol Force. In Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey, while on patrol 11 March 1943, she sank by gunfire three mines that had drifted from defensive minefields. On 29 March, she assisted a damaged merchantman off Staten Island.
Her patrol and school ship duties continued until 5 August 1945 when she transferred to Charleston, South Carolina, for minesweeping duty.
[edit] End-of-War Decommissioning
USS Goldcrest decommissioned 12 December 1945 and was sold 20 June 1946 to her former owner.
[edit] References
- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
