USS ''Firm'' (AM-98) was an of 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 ...

. Laid down on 21 October 1941 by the Penn-Jersey Corp., Camden, New Jersey, launched on 29 May 1942, and commissioned on 10 April 1943. The vessel was reclassified as a submarine chaser ''PC-1602'' on 1 June 1944; it was later reclassified as a control submarine chaser ''PCC-1602'' on 1 August 1945. Very little information is available about the activities of this vessel while operating as a submarine chaser. ''PC-1602'' was transferred to the

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for disposal on 15 June 1948, and sold to Walter H. Wilms. Fate unknown.

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Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 PC-1602 (USS ''Firm'')
{{DEFAULTSORT:Firm (AM-98) Adroit-class minesweepers Ships built in Camden, New Jersey 1942 ships World War II minesweepers of the United States World War II patrol vessels of the United States