USS Terror (CM-5)

History
United States
Name	USS Terror
Builder	Philadelphia Navy Yard
Laid down	3 September 1940
Launched	6 June 1941
Commissioned	15 July 1942
Decommissioned	6 August 1956
Reclassified	MM-5, 7 February 1955 MMF-5, October 1955
Stricken	1 November 1970
Honours and awards	4 battle stars (WWII)
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 1971
General characteristics
Type	Minelayer
Displacement	5,875 long tons (5,969 t)
Length	454 ft 10 in (138.63 m)
Beam	60 ft 2 in (18.34 m)
Draft	19 ft 7 in (5.97 m)
Propulsion	2 × General Electric double-reduction geared steam turbines, 2 shafts, 22,000 shp (16,405 kW)
Speed	25.3 knots (46.9 km/h; 29.1 mph)
Complement	481
Armament	4 × 5"/38 caliber guns 4 × quad 1.1"/75 caliber guns (replaced by 4 × quad 40 mm guns in May 1943) 14 × 20 mm guns 900 x Seamines (600 assembled, 300 ready to assemble)

USS Terror (CM-5) was a fleet minelayer of the United States Navy, the only minelayer of the fleet built specifically for and retained for minelaying during World War II (two sister ships, the Catskill and the Ozark, were converted into LSVs [Landing Ship, Vehicle] before commissioning).^[1]

She was laid down on 3 September 1940 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard; launched on 6 June 1941; sponsored by Mrs. Ralph A. Bard; and commissioned on 15 July 1942.