 Concise returns to San Francisco Bay flying her large homeward bound pennant. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USSConcise |
| Builder | Willamette Iron and Steel Works |
| Laid down | 15 June 1942 |
| Launched | 6 January 1943 |
| Commissioned | 25 April 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 31 May 1946 |
| Reclassified | MSF-163, 7 February 1955 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1959 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Admirable-classminesweeper |
| Displacement | 650 tons |
| Length | 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h) |
| Complement | 104 |
| Armament |
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| Service record | |
| Part of: | US Pacific Fleet (1944–1946) |
| Awards: | 1Battle star |
USSConcise (AM-163) was anAdmirable-classminesweeper built for theU.S. Navy duringWorld War II. She was built to clear minefields in offshore waters, and served the Navy in thePacific Ocean.
She was reclassified AM-163, 21 February 1942; launched 6 February 1943 byWillamette Iron and Steel Works,Portland, Oregon; and commissioned 25 April 1944.
Sailing fromSan Francisco, California, 3 July 1944 forPearl Harbor,Concise arrived 13 July for training. She swept mines atFrench Frigate Shoals from 6 August to 16 August then sailed toEniwetok, arriving 28 September. Assigned to convoy escort duty until 11 August 1945Concise arrived offOkinawa, 30 August. On 8 September she sailed to clear mines fromJapanese waters in protection of occupation shipping, sweeping offWakayama,Osaka, andNagoya until 20 November.
Concise returned toSan Francisco, California, 16 December 1945 and was placed out of commission in reserve 31 May 1946 atSan Diego, California. She was reclassified MSF-163 on 7 February 1955.
Concise received one battle star for World War II service.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.
