History | |
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United States | |
Laid down | 24 March 1941 |
Launched | 20 September 1941 |
Commissioned | 29 January 1942 |
Decommissioned | 28 May 1946 |
Stricken | 29 October 1946 |
Fate | fate unknown |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 195 tons |
Length | 98 ft 5 in (30.00 m) |
Beam | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) |
Draught | 10 ft 8 in (3.25 m) |
Speed | 10 knots |
Complement | 17 |
Armament | two .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns., two .30 cal. machine guns |
USS Summit (AMc-106) 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.
Summit was laid down on 24 March 1941 by the Snow Shipyards Co., Rockland, Maine; launched on 20 September 1941; sponsored by Miss Louise Dey; and commissioned on 29 January 1942.