&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USS_Tide.jpg) Tide (AM-125) at sea, 15 June 1943
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Tide |
| Builder | Savannah Machinery and Foundry Company, Savannah, Georgia |
| Laid down | 16 March 1942 |
| Launched | 7 September 1942 |
| Commissioned | 9 May 1943 |
| Stricken | 29 July 1944 |
| Honors and awards | 1 battle star (World War II) |
| Fate | Sunk in action, 7 June 1944 |
| 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 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 105 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns, 4 × 20 mm cannons, 2 × depth charge tracks, 4 × depth charge projectors, 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar |
USS Tide (AM-125) was an oceangoing Auk class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for the marine tide, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
Tide was laid down on 16 March 1942 at Savannah, Georgia, by the Savannah Machinery and Foundry Company; launched on 7 September 1942; sponsored by Mrs. Ruth Hangs; and commissioned on 9 May 1943.
Tide served in the European Theatre of Operations and was assigned to minesweeping the beaches offshore the Normandy landing in June of 1944. On the day following D-Day, June 7, 1944, she struck a German mine and sank. She received one battle star for her wartime service.