USN · AMc
AfloatCoastal minesweeper, AMc-14, converted from the purse seiner New Example. Placed in service on 18 April 1941. Late in the mid watch on 7 December 1941, sweeping off the Pearl Harbor entrance, she sighted a suspicious object and called Ward. Ward sank a Japanese Type A midget submarine. Her own history does not name the lookout and does not record damage. She was laid up at San Diego on 17 January 1946.
| Type | Coastal minesweeper (AMc) |
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| Hull | AMc-14 |
| Builder | Martinolich Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma (NavSource) |
| Fate | Afloat. Coastal minesweeper, the former purse seiner New Example. Placed in service at San Diego on 18 April 1941, Ensign Monroe H. Hubbell, USNR, officer in charge. The sources do not say he was aboard on 7 December. Late in the mid watch that morning, sweeping off the entrance, she reported a suspicious object to Ward. Placed out of service at San Diego on 17 January 1946, struck on 7 February 1946, and transferred to the Maritime Commission on 24 July 1946. DANFS dates the acquisition 28 October 1940. NavSource dates it 24 October 1940. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
Photographed in 1941, probably off San Diego. The hull number 14 is on the bow. Bureau of Ships photograph 19-N-24615, National Archives. Public domain.
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Command
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941-12-07 · sweeping off the entrance before dawn; reported a suspicious object to Ward
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