USS Sustain (AM-119)

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	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 2 × 40 mm guns

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.