USS Assertive (AMc-65)
USS ''Assertive'' (AMc-65) 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. The still unnamed wooden-hulled coastal minesweeper ''AMc-65'' was laid down on 5 April 1941 at South Bristol, Maine, by the Bristol Yacht Building Co.; named ''Avenge'' (AMc-65) on 17 May 1941; renamed ''Assertive'' on 23 May 1941 when the name ''Avenge'' was reassigned to AMc-66; launched on 19 November 1941; sponsored by Mrs. Harvey Gamage of Bristol, Maine, the wife of a partner in the Bristol Yacht Building Co.; delivered to the Navy at the Boston Navy Yard on 19 February 1942; and placed in service there on 7 March 1942. World War II service Following shakedown training at the Mine Warfare School, Yorktown, Virginia, ''Assertive'' was assigned to the 3d Naval District and operated from New York for the duration of the war in Europe. In mid-June 1945, the minesw ...
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M1919 Browning Machine Gun
The M1919 Browning is a .30 caliber medium machine gun that was widely used during the 20th century, especially during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The M1919 saw service as a light infantry, coaxial, mounted, aircraft, and anti-aircraft machine gun by the U.S. and many other countries. The M1919 was an air-cooled development of the standard US machine gun of World War I, the John M. Browning-designed water-cooled M1917. The emergence of general-purpose machine guns in the 1950s pushed the M1919 into secondary roles in many cases, especially after the arrival of the M60 in US Army service. The United States Navy also converted many to 7.62 mm NATO, and designated them Mk 21 Mod 0; they were commonly used on riverine craft in the 1960s and 1970s in Vietnam. Many NATO countries also converted their examples to 7.62 mm caliber, and these remained in service well into the 1990s, as well as up to the present day in some countries. Operation Loading The ...
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