USS ''Roller'' (AMc-52) was an
''Accentor''-class 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 ...
acquired by the
U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.
''Roller'' was laid down 27 December 1940 at the Snow Shipyards,
Rockland, Maine; launched 14 May 1941; sponsored by Miss Linda Ann Dean; and placed in service 12 August 1941.
World War II service
After fitting at
Boston, Massachusetts, and training at
Yorktown, Virginia, the wooden hulled coastal minesweeper ''Roller'' got underway for duty in the
4th Naval District
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, headquartered at
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 18 September 1941.
Equipped with magnetic and "O" type sweep gear, she operated off the busy
Delaware and
New Jersey coasts during all but the final weeks of
World War II.
Transferred in the spring of 1945, she departed
Cape May, New Jersey, 25 April and steamed to
Solomons Island, Maryland
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, where she conducted operations for the Naval Mine Warfare Test Station until placed out of service 18 April 1946.
Post-war deactivation
''Roller'', struck from the
Navy list 1 May 1946, was transferred to the
Maritime Commission for disposal 27 May 1947 and subsequently sold to Hughes Bros., Inc., of
New York City.
References
External links
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
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Accentor-class minesweepers
World War II minesweepers of the United States
Ships built in Rockland, Maine
1941 ships