USS Dextrous (AM-341)

History
United States
Name	HMS Sepoy (BAM-30)
Builder	Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Alabama
Renamed	USS Dextrous (AM-341)
Launched	17 June 1943
Commissioned	8 September 1943
Decommissioned	5 June 1946
Recommissioned	1 December 1950
Reclassified	MSF-341, 7 February 1955
Decommissioned	31 October 1956
Honours and awards	5 battle stars (World War II) 5 battle stars (South Korea)
Fate	Transferred to South Korea in December 1967
History
South Korea
Name	ROKS Koje (PCE-1003)
Acquired	December 1967
Fate	Unknown
General characteristics
Class and type	Auk-class minesweeper
Displacement	890 long tons (904 t)
Length	221 ft 3 in (67.44 m)
Beam	32 ft (9.8 m)
Draft	10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	100 officers and enlisted
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 2 × 40 mm guns 2 × 20 mm guns 2 × Depth charge tracks

USS Dextrous (AM-341) was an Auk-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy which served in World War II, the Korean War, and beyond. She was later transferred to the Republic of Korea Navy where she served as ROKS Koje (PCE-1003).

The ship was laid down by the Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Alabama as HMS Sepoy (BAM-30), renamed and reclassified USS Dextrous (AM-341), and launched on 17 June 1943; sponsored by Miss S. S. Kenney; and commissioned 8 September 1943.^[1]