USS Dash (AM-88)

History
United States
Name	USS Dash
Builder	Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon
Laid down	6 April 1942
Launched	20 June 1942
Commissioned	27 October 1942
Renamed	USS PC-1592, 1 June 1944
Decommissioned	10 May 1946
Fate	Transferred to the War Assets Administration, 19 December 1947
General characteristics
Class and type	Adroit-class minesweeper
Displacement	295 long tons (300 t)
Length	173 ft 8 in (52.93 m)
Beam	23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft	11 ft 7 in (3.53 m)
Propulsion	2 × 1,770 bhp (1,320 kW) Cooper Bessemer GNB-8 diesel engines Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear 2 shafts
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h)
Complement	65
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 1 × 40 mm gun

The first USS Dash (AM-88) was an Adroit class minesweeper of the United States Navy.

The ship was laid down on 6 April 1942 by the Commercial Iron Works of Portland, Oregon, launched on 20 June 1942, and commissioned on 27 October 1942. Dash was reclassified as the submarine chaser PC-1592 on 1 June 1944, and decommissioned on 10 May 1946 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The ship was transferred to the War Assets Administration for disposal on 19 December 1947. Fate unknown.