USS ''Heath Hen'' (AMc-6) was a wooden dragger ( trawler), built in 1936 by A. D. Storey,

Fairhaven, Massachusetts Fairhaven (Massachusett: ) is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located on the South Coast of Massachusetts where the Acushnet River flows into Buzzards Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean. The town shares a harbor wit ...

, as ''Noreen''. Acquired by the

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

on 18 October 1940, she was converted to a

coastal minesweeper Coastal minesweeper is a term used by the United States Navy to indicate a minesweeper intended for coastal use as opposed to participating in fleet operations at sea. Because of its small size—usually less than 100 feet in length—and construct ...

and commissioned on 20 January 1941 as USS ''Heath Hen'' (AMc-6). The small ship served in the 5th Naval District until 16 March 1944 when she arrived

Provincetown, Massachusetts Provincetown is a New England town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, in the United States. A small coastal resort town with a year-round population of 3,664 as of the 2020 United States Census, Provincet ...

, for duty with the Naval Mine Test Facility. Redesignated Small Boat ''C-13538'', her name was dropped and she served in mine warfare experiments until damaged by an oil explosion on 16 March 1945. She was subsequently turned over to the

Maritime Commission The United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) was an independent executive agency of the U.S. federal government that was created by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, which was passed by Congress on June 29, 1936, and was abolished on May 24, 195 ...

and sold on 10 May 1948.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Heath Hen (AMc-6) Merchant ships of the United States Ships built in Fairhaven, Massachusetts 1936 ships Minesweepers of the United States Navy World War II minesweepers of the United States