USS Incredible

History
United States
Name	USS Incredible
Builder	Savannah Machine and Foundry Company
Laid down	9 September 1943
Launched	21 November 1943
Commissioned	17 April 1944
Decommissioned	6 November 1946
Recommissioned	14 August 1950
Decommissioned	21 September 1954
Stricken	1 December 1959
Fate	Sold for scrap 1 December 1960
General characteristics
Class and type	Admirable-class minesweeper
Displacement	650 tons
Length	184 ft 6 in (56.24 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draft	9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
Propulsion	2 × ALCO 539 diesel engines, 1,710 shp (1.3 MW) Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear 2 shafts
Speed	14.8 knots (27.4 km/h)
Complement	104
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun DP 2 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 2 × Depth charge tracks
Service record
Part of:	US Atlantic Fleet (1944-45) US Pacific Fleet (1945-46), (1950-54) Pacific Reserve Fleet (1946-50), (1954-59)
Operations:	Operation Dragoon, Korean War
Awards:	2 Battle stars (World War II) 4 Battle stars (Korean War)

USS Incredible (AM-249) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was built to clear minefields in offshore waters, and served the Navy in the North Atlantic Ocean and then in the Pacific Ocean. She returned home, finishing the war with two battle stars to her credit. When she was recalled for duty in the Korean War, she returned home again with four more battle stars.