USS Fortitude (AMc 81)

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Fortitude (AMc-81) was an Accentor-class coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. Fortitude was constructed as an Accentor class coastal minesweeper just prior to World War II. She was assigned as USS Fortitude (AMc-81) on 17 May 1941. USS Forster (DE-334) was launched 13 November 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Tex.; sponsored by Mrs. E. W. Forster, widow of Machinist Forster; and commissioned 25 January 1944. She served as an escort in the Atlantic and Mediterranean during World War II. She was decommissioned and placed in reserve at Green Cove Springs 15 June 1946. She was turned over to the Coast Guard on 20 June 1951 and served with the nation's oldest continuous-going sea service until 25 May 1954. Forster (given the Coast Guard hull number WDE-434) served on ocean station duty out of Honolulu.

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