USS Harrier (AM-366)

History
United States
NameUSS Harrier
BuilderWillamette Iron and Steel Works
Laid down11 August 1943
Launched7 June 1944
Commissioned31 August 1945
Decommissioned28 March 1946
Stricken1 December 1959
FateSold 1964
General characteristics
Class and typeAdmirable-class minesweeper
Displacement945 tons
Length184 ft 6 in (56.24 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draft9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
Installed power1,710 shp
Propulsion
Speed14.8 knots (27.4 km/h)
Complement104
Armament
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USS Harrier (AM-366) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy. Laid down on 11 August 1943 by the Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland, Oregon, launched 7 June 1944, commissioned as USS Harrier (AM-366), 31 October 1945.

History

After shakedown and exercises along the Oregon coast, Harrier put into San Diego, California, 5 January 1946. She decommissioned, 28 March 1946 at San Diego, California. Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1959. Transferred to the Maritime Commission, sold in 1964 and was renamed Sea Scope. The ship was reclassified for oceanographic research and was equipped with a variety of underwater tools including sonar, photographic equipment, magnetic and seabed exploration equipment. It is reported to have been used, circa 1970, to reconnoiter the site of the Soviet K-129 sub prior to the CIA project Azorian/Glomar Explorer to recover part of that sub in 1974.[1] It was renamed Atlantic Coast in 1998.[2]

References

  1. ^ Reed, Craig; Red November; William Marrow publisher 2010
  2. ^ Silverstone, Paul (2009). The Navy of the Nuclear Age, 1947-2007. New York: Routledge. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-203-87773-9.

Public Domain This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.