USS Opponent

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History
United States
Name	USS Opponent
Builder	Gulf Shipbuilding Company
Laid down	21 September 1942
Launched	26 June 1943
Commissioned	18 February 1944
Decommissioned	27 August 1946
Reclassified	MSF-269, 7 February 1955
Stricken	1 April 1960
Fate	Sold, 3 February 1961
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 2 × twin Bofors 40 mm gun 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 2 × Depth charge tracks
Service record
Part of:	US Atlantic Fleet (1944-1945) US Pacific Fleet (1945-1946) Atlantic Reserve Fleet (1946-1960)

USS Opponent (AM-269) 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 Atlantic Ocean and then was transferred to the North Pacific Ocean before war’s end.

Opponent was laid down 21 September 1942 by the Gulf Shipbuilding Co., Chickasaw, Alabama, launched 12 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. H. Key, Jr.; and, commissioned 18 February 1944.