USS Liberator (AMc-87)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Liberator.

USS Liberator (AMc-87) 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.

Accentor-class minesweeper, sister ship Memorable
History
United States
Builder	Fulton Shipyard
Laid down	5 May 1941
Launched	6 September 1941
In service	22 February 1942
Out of service	3 May 1945
Stricken	Date unknown
Fate	Turned over to WSA 2 July 1946 for disposal
General characteristics
Type	Minesweeper
Displacement	195 tons
Length	97 ft 1 in (29.59 m)
Beam	22 ft (6.7 m)
Draft	9 ft (2.7 m)
Speed	10 knots
Armament	two .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns., two .30 caliber machine guns

Liberator was laid down 5 May 1941 by Fulton Shipyard, Antioch, California; launched 6 September 1941; sponsored by Miss Pay Hill; and placed in service 22 February 1942.

Assigned to the 13th Naval District, Liberator operated out of Puget Sound until she sailed for Alaska in April 1944. She swept the Alaskan shipping lanes and returned to the 13th Naval District in September.

Reclassified IX-202 on 20 December 1944, Liberator was used as a general utility ship until she was placed out of service 3 May 1945.

She was turned over to War Shipping Administration (WSA) 2 July 1946 for disposal.

References

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

External links

• Photo gallery of USS Liberator (AMc-87) at NavSource Naval History