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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Strive (AM-117) |
| Builder | American Ship Building Company, Cleveland, Ohio |
| Laid down | 17 November 1941 |
| Launched | 16 May 1942 |
| Commissioned | 27 October 1942 |
| Decommissioned | February 1946 |
| Recommissioned | 1 January 1952 |
| Decommissioned | 8 January 1955 |
| Reclassified | MSF-117, 7 February 1955 |
| Reclassified | MMC-1, 31 October 1958 |
| Stricken | 1 October 1959 |
| Honors and awards | 7 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate | Sold to Norway, 1 October 1959 |
| History | |
 Norway | |
| Name | HNoMS Gor (N48) |
| Acquired | 1 October 1959 |
| Decommissioned | 1976 |
| 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 |
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USS Strive (AM-117) was an Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.
Strive was laid down on 17 November 1941 by the American Ship Building Company, Cleveland, Ohio; launched on 16 May 1942; sponsored by Mrs. G. Lottrall; and commissioned on 27 October 1942.