USS Fidelity (AM-96)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Fidelity.

History
United States
Name	USS Fidelity
Builder	Nashville Bridge Company, Nashville, Tennessee
Laid down	15 October 1941
Launched	28 February 1942
Commissioned	9 September 1942
Renamed	USS PC-1600, 1 June 1944
Honors and awards	2 battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 15 June 1948
General characteristics
Class and type	Adroit-class minesweeper
Displacement	295 long tons (300 t)
Length	173 ft 8 in (52.93 m)
Beam	23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft	11 ft 7 in (3.53 m)
Propulsion	2 × 1,440 bhp (1,074 kW) Busch-Sulzer BS 539 diesel engines (Serial Nos. BS1141 & BS1142) 2 shafts
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h)
Complement	66
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 1 × 40 mm gun

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

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

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