Admirable-class minesweeper
History Name USSCruise Builder Tampa Shipbuilding Company Laid down 7 December 1942 Launched 21 March 1943 Commissioned 21 September 1945 Decommissioned 5 September 1946 Reclassified MSF-215, 7 February 1955 Stricken 1 July 1972 Identification IMO number : 7613715 Fate Sold 1 March 1973, converted to amenhaden fisherman and renamedGregory Poole ; intentionally sunk offDelaware Bay on 10 December 2007. 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 Speed 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h) Complement 104 Armament
USSCruise (AM/MSF-215) 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 launched 21 March 1943 byTampa Shipbuilding Co., Inc.,Tampa, Florida ; completed byCharleston Navy Yard ; and commissioned 21 September 1945, Lieutenant S. F. Luce,USNR , in command.
Cruise visitedNew York between 19 December 1945 and 5 January 1946, then sailed by way ofGuantanamo Bay, Cuba ; thePanama Canal Zone ; andSalina Cruz , Mexico, forSan Pedro, Los Angeles , arriving 3 February.Originally destined forPearl Harbor , she was ordered back to theeast coast , sailing 20 March and arriving atGalveston, Texas , 22 April.Sailing on toPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania ,Cruise was placed out of commission in reserve there on 5 September 1946. She was reclassifiedMSF-215 on 7 February 1955. On 1 July 1972 she was struck from theNavy List .
On 1 March 1973,Cruise was purchased by Beaufort Fisheries, Inc.,Beaufort, North Carolina , and converted to amenhaden fisherman and renamedGregory Poole , official number 558835.
On 10 December 2007, theGregory Poole was scuttled off the coast ofDelaware onto the Del-Jersey-Land Inshore Reef site (38°30.9′N 74°30.6′W / 38.5150°N 74.5100°W /38.5150; -74.5100 (MV Gregory Poole ) [ 1] artificial reef .[ 2]
This article incorporates text from thepublic domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . The entry can be foundhere .
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This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.
