USS Guide (AMc-83)

History
United States
Laid down: date unknown
Launched: 20 September 1941
Commissioned: 17 March 1942
Decommissioned: 12 June 1946
Struck: 3 July 1946
Fate: sold to a private purchaser, 11 April 1947
General characteristics
Displacement: 195 tons
Length: 97 ft 1 in (29.59 m)
Beam: 22 ft (6.7 m)
Draft: 9 ft (2.7 m)
Speed: 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement: 17
Armament: two machine guns
For other ships of the same name, see USS Guide.

USS Guide (AMc-83) was an Accentor-class coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.

Guide was launched 20 September 1941 by the Camden Shipbuilding & Marine Railway Co., Camden, Maine; sponsored by Mrs. Cary Bok, Jr.; and commissioned 17 March 1942, Lt. (j.g.) Alvin Hero in command.

World War II service

Guide trained from the Mine Warfare School at Yorktown, Virginia, until 17 April 1942 when she sailed to alternately sweep the main shipping channels leading out of Key West, Florida, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama. She periodically made brief visits to Pensacola, Florida, for special sweeping duties. John E. Doyle was the captain.

Her homeport changed from Mobile to Naval Station, Burrwood, Louisiana, in July 1944. She continued sweeping the approaches to New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile until July 1945. She then served the Mine Countermeasures Station at Panama City, Florida, for the remainder of her career.

Post war inactivation and disposal

Guide was placed out of service 12 June 1946 and her name was struck from the Navy List 3 July. She was sold to a private purchaser 11 April 1947.

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