The USS Industry (AMc-86)-- Part 2

On 1 May 1945, the Industry and two other converted minesweepers left Pearl Harbor and made stops at Eniwetok, Guam and Saipan. It arrived at Okinawa 4 July 1945 and located and raised mines and sunken Japanese midget submarines. During this time, it fought off enemy aircraft in July and August. In September, it rode out a powerful typhoon. //// However, on 9 October 1845, one of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded in the Pacific hit Okinawa and the Industry was driven onto a reef. Its crew kept her afloat until the next morning when rescue arrived. //// It was determined to be a complete wreck and it was stripped of its equipment, decommissioned 22 Dec 1945 and the hulk sunk. //// I found out it was Typhoon Louise that wrecked the Industry. //// --GreGen

The USS Industry (AMc-86-- Part 1

From Wikipedia. //// This article grows out of research on the Fulton Shipyard in Antioch, California, where the APc-25 was built. It also built minelayers, including the Undustry which was the only one that sank in the war, although not from enemy action. //// The Industry was an Accentor-class coastal minesweeper laid down 11 May 1941 at Fulton Shipyard and commissioned 19 December 1941. Wooden-hulled, 195 tons and 97 feet long and armed with two 50-caliber machine guns. //// From 1942-1944, it patrolled the waters of Pearl Harbor. //// In 1944, there was a big need for mine locator ships in the Pacific and the Industry's sweeping equipment was removed and replaced with sounding gear and diving equipment. The ship was recommissioned 15 December 1944. //// --GreGen

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From Shipbuilding history site. //// The Fulton Shipyard in Antioch, California, along with all the APcs, also launched six minelayers from December 19, 1941, to April 14, 1942. They were all 205 tons. //// AMc-86 INDUSTRY, launched 19 Dec 41 Wrecked in a typhoon off Okinawa 1945. Hulk sunk. //// AMc-87 LIBERATOR-- luanched 22 Feb 42. Later reclassified IX-202, sold 1946 //// AMc-88 LOYALTY-- launched17 Jan 42, destroyed 1946 //// AMc-89 MEMORABLE-- launched 9 Mar 42, sold 1948 //// AMc-90 MERIT, launched 28 Mar 42, To Fish & Wildlife Service 1947 //// AMc-91 OBSERVER, launched 14 April 42 Sold 1947. //// The Cavaliere, 1935 was sold to the USN in 1942 as the YP-307 and returned in 1946. The Leslie J. Fulton, 1936, was sold to the USN in 1941 as the Waxbill AMc-15. Returned in 1945. //// Building and Buying Ships. --GreGen