| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 8 May 1941 |
| Launched: | 25 August 1941 |
| In service: | 9 March 1942 |
| Out of service: | date unknown |
| Struck: | c1946 |
| Fate: | transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 9 August 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 195 tons |
| Length: | 97 ft 1 in (29.59 m) |
| Beam: | 22 ft 0 in (6.71 m) |
| Draft: | 8.5 ft (2.6 m) (mean) (f.) |
| Speed: | 10.0 knots (19 km/h) |
| Complement: | 17 |
| Armament: | two .50 cal. machine guns |
USS Conquest (AMc-71) 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.
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Conquest was placed in service 9 March 1942 and served the 10th Naval District in the Caribbean during the war.
She was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 9 August 1946.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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