History
United States
NameUSS Fidelity
BuilderNashville Bridge Company, Nashville, Tennessee
Laid down15 October 1941
Launched28 February 1942
Commissioned9 September 1942
RenamedUSS PC-1600, 1 June 1944
Honors and
awards
2 battle stars (World War II)
FateTransferred to the Maritime Commission, 15 June 1948
General characteristics
Class and typeAdroit-class minesweeper
Displacement295 long tons (300 t)
Length173 ft 8 in (52.93 m)
Beam23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft11 ft 7 in (3.53 m)
Propulsion
Speed17 knots (31 km/h)
Complement66
Armament

USS Fidelity (AM-96) was an Adroit-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. Laid down on 15 October 1941 by the Nashville Bridge Company of Nashville, Tennessee, launched on 28 February 1942, and commissioned on 9 September 1942. The ship was reclassified as a submarine chaser USS PC-1600 on 1 June 1944.

PC-1600 was decommissioned, (date unknown), and transferred to the Maritime Commission on 15 June 1948, and sold to Charles Weaver. Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). Fate unknown. PC-1600 earned two battle stars for World War II service.

References

  • Photo gallery of USS Fidelity (AM-96)/PC-1600 at NavSource Naval History
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