_off_the_Commercial_Iron_Works_Portland%2c_Oregon_(USA)%2c_6_October_1942_(19-LCM-BS-36252).jpg) Daring on 6 October 1942 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Daring |
| Builder | Commercial Iron Works,Portland, Oregon |
| Laid down | 12 March 1942 |
| Launched | 23 May 1942 |
| Commissioned | 10 October 1942 |
| Renamed | USSPC-1591, 1 June 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 22 January 1946 |
| Honours & awards | 1battle star (World War II) |
| Fate | Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 18 March 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Adroit-classminesweeper |
| Displacement | 275long tons (279 t) |
| Length | 173 ft 8 in (52.93 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 7 in (3.53 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h) |
| Complement | 65 |
| Armament | |
USSDaring (AM-87) was anAdroit-classminesweeper of theUnited States Navy.
Laid down on 12 March 1942 by theCommercial Iron Works ofPortland, Oregon, the ship was launched on 23 May 1942, and commissioned on 10 October 1942.Daring was reclassified as aPC-461-classsubmarine chaser,PC-1591, on 1 June 1944.
Sailing fromSan Francisco, California, 2 February 1943,Daring arrived atPearl Harbor 12 February for service as local escort andschool ship, and sweeping mines until 5 March when she was underway forNouméa. From 24 March 1943 until 25 November 1944Daring remained in the southwestPacific on inter-island escort duty andanti-submarine patrol, taking part in the invasion of theTreasury Islands on 6 November 1943. She was reclassified as thesubmarine chaserPC-1591 and her name cancelled 1 June 1944.
Arriving atUlithi on 9 December 1944,PC-1591 escorted convoys toGuam,Saipan,Leyte, and thePalaus until 7 March 1945. She screenedUSS Pathfinder on a survey ofCasiguran Bay,Luzon between 10 March and 5 April, then put into Saipan on 14 April. From 13 May to 24 August she escorted convoys between Saipan andIwo Jima, and on 13 October cleared Saipan for the west coast, arriving atSan Francisco, California, 13 November.
She was decommissioned atMare Island, California on 22 January 1946 and transferred to theUnited States Maritime Commission for disposal 18 March 1948.
PC-1591 received onebattle star forWorld War II service.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.
