USS ''Assertive'' (AMc-65) was an ''Accentor''-class

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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

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, 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

, 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

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training at the Mine Warfare School, Yorktown, Virginia, ''Assertive'' was assigned to the

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and operated from

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for the duration of the war in Europe. In mid-June 1945, the minesweeper was shifted south to the 6th Naval District and operated out of

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, on sweeping duties until 7 July, when she returned to the

. Directed to proceed back to Charleston for disposition under the auspices of Commandant, 6th Naval District,

Post-war deactivation

''Assertive'' was placed out of service there on 30 November 1945, and her name was struck from the Navy Directory on 19 December 1945. Accepted by the Maritime Commission on 4 October 1946, the former minecraft was simultaneously delivered, at Charleston, to her purchaser, Mr. Joseph Giacalone of Boston.

References

External links

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships

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