The first USS ''Dash'' (AM-88) was an Adroit class minesweeper of the United States Navy. The ship was laid down on 6 April 1942 by the Commercial Iron Works of Portland, Oregon, launched on 20 June 1942, and commissioned on 27 October 1942. ''Dash'' was reclassified as the

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''PC-1592'' on 1 June 1944, and decommissioned on 10 May 1946 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The ship was transferred to the War Assets Administration for disposal on 19 December 1947. Fate unknown.

World War II Pacific Theatre operations

Putting to sea from San Pedro, California on 3 January 1943 ''Dash'' arrived at Noumea on 25 February, escorting convoys to Pearl Harbor and Pago Pago, Samoa, en route. She operated out of Nouméa on local escort duty and

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patrol until 9 April when she steamed to

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, to relieve as local escort and patrol vessel.

Rescue activities

From 3 to 7 May she escorted the torpedoed to the safety of

. On 14 May she rescued 25 men including the commanding officer from the torpedoed , and three days later picked up 56 men from the .

Inter-Island operations

''Dash'' escorted a convoy to

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between 26 July and 16 August 1943, then began steady duty between Noumea, Efate, and Espiritu Santo. Returning to Guadalcanal on 4 October she swept mines off

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Island from 23 October to 6 November, then returned to escort duty between the Solomons and Nouméa and Espiritu Santo. Aside from a voyage to Auckland, New Zealand between 16 January and 1 February 1944 escorting , ''Dash'' alternated escort duty and patrol in the Solomons, New Hebrides, and

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until the end of the war. She was reclassified as the

''PC-1592'' on 1 June 1944.

As a submarine chaser

''PC-1592'' remained in the South Pacific, operating in the

and Samoa until her return to Pearl Harbor.

Post-War deactivation

She was decommissioned there 10 May 1946, and transferred to the War Assets Administration for disposal 19 December 1947.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dash Adroit-class minesweepers Ships built in Portland, Oregon 1942 ships World War II minesweepers of the United States World War II patrol vessels of the United States