&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Sustain_(AM-119)_at_anchor_on_22_April_1954.jpg)
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Sustain (AM-119) |
| Builder | American Ship Building Company, Cleveland, Ohio |
| Laid down | 17 November 1941 |
| Launched | 23 June 1942 |
| Commissioned | 9 November 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 17 June 1946 |
| Recommissioned | 14 January 1952 |
| Decommissioned | 9 October 1954 |
| Reclassified | MSF-119, 7 February 1955 |
| Reclassified | MMC-2, 31 October 1958 |
| Stricken | 1 October 1959 |
| Honours and awards | 8 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate | Transferred to Norway, 1 October 1959 |
| History | |
 Norway | |
| Name | HNoMS Tyr (N47) |
| Acquired | 1 October 1959 |
| 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 |
|
USS Sustain (AM-119) 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.
Sustain was laid down on 17 November 1941 by the American Ship Building Company, Cleveland, Ohio; launched on 23 June 1942; sponsored by Mrs. L. L. Dean; and commissioned on 9 November 1942.
Sustain departed Cleveland, Ohio on 15 November and headed for Quebec to await the forming of a convoy which she was to escort. The convoy sailed on the 25th for Halifax, Nova Scotia. She departed there on 4 December 1942 with another convoy bound for Boston. After a six-week yard period, the minesweeper performed coastal convoy duty until 19 March 1943. On that date, Sustain got underway with a Bermuda-bound convoy which, upon arrival, joined other ships there destined for North Africa.