USS ''Engage'' (AM-93) was an of the United States Navy. Laid down on 26 February 1942 by the Dravo Corporation,

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, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, launched on 11 July 1942, and commissioned on 22 October 1942. The ship was reclassified as a

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, ''PC-1597'' on 1 June 1944.

World War II east coast operations

''Engage'' arrived at

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, on 12 December 1942 from her

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off Florida, and cruised again to Florida ports the next month on coastal escort duty. She arrived at

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, on 4 February 1943 for operations in Chesapeake Bay until 10 March, when she sailed on escort duty to Bermuda. Here she served on escort and patrol duty, as well as training with

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, occasionally leaving the area to escort ships to Norfolk.

Operating as a submarine chaser

On 4 July 1944, ''PC-1597'' sailed in convoy from

, for

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, Tunisia, arriving 23 July. She moved on to Naples, Italy, and

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, from which she cleared 13 August for the invasion of southern France. During the initial assault, she acted as reference vessel for the waves of landing craft bringing the troops ashore, then patrolled off the transport area. Through the next month, she supported the buildup in southern France by escorting convoys to the beachheads, and patrolling along the

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. At the close of September, she began general escort duty in the western Mediterranean until 27 May 1945 when she sailed for Jacksonville, Florida.

Post-war deactivation

She was decommissioned on 19 November 1945 at Jacksonville, Florida, and transferred to the Maritime Commission on 8 November 1946. Transferred to the Dominican Republic in 1946 as ''Cibao'' (P103), renamed and reclassified ''Constitución'' (P203), and placed out of service in 1961. Fate unknown. ''PC-1597'' received one battle star for World War II service.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Engage (AM-93) Adroit-class minesweepers Ships built in Pittsburgh 1942 ships World War II minesweepers of the United States World War II patrol vessels of the United States Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Dominican Navy Patrol vessels of the Dominican Navy Ships built by Dravo Corporation