USS Harrier (AM-366)
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Harrier |
| Builder: | Willamette Iron and Steel Works |
| Laid down: | 11 August 1943 |
| Launched: | 7 June 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 31 August 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 March 1946 |
| Struck: | 1 December 1959 |
| Fate: | Sold 1964 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Admirable-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 945 tons |
| Length: | 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
| Installed power: | 1,710 shp |
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| Speed: | 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h) |
| Complement: | 104 |
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USS Harrier (AM-366) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy. Laid down on 11 August 1943 by the Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland, Oregon, launched 7 June 1944, commissioned as USS Harrier (AM-366), 31 October 1945.
Post-World War II West Coast operations
After shakedown and exercises along the Oregon coast, Harrier put into San Diego, California, 5 January 1946.
Decommissioning
She decommissioned, 28 March 1946 at San Diego, California. Struck from the Naval Register, 1 December 1959. Transferred to the Maritime Commission, sold in 1964 and renamed Sea Scope.
Sea Scope
This ship was reclassified for oceanographic research and was equipped with a variety of underwater tools including sonar, photographic equipment, magnetic and seabed exploration equipment. It is reported to have been used, circa 1970, to reconnoiter the site of the Soviet K-129 sub prior to the CIA project Azorian/Glomar Explorer to recover part of that sub in 1974.[1]
Later History
Renamed Atlantic Coast in 1998.[2]
References
- ↑ Reed, Craig; Red November; William Marrow publisher 2010
- ↑ Silverstone, Paul (2009). The Navy of the Nuclear Age, 1947-2007. New York: Routledge. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-203-87773-9.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
