USS Grackle (AM-73)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Grackle |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Laid down | 6 June 1929 |
| Launched | 2 December 1929, as MV Notre Dame |
| Acquired | 16 September 1940 |
| Commissioned | 4 February 1941 |
| Decommissioned | 25 August 1944 |
| Renamed | Grackle, 14 August 1940 |
| Stricken | 16 September 1944 |
| Fate | Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 9 September 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Displacement | 755 long tons (767 t) |
| Length | 132 ft 4 in (40.34 m) |
| Beam | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 36 |
| Armament | 1 × 3"/23 caliber gun |
USS Grackle (AM-73) was a minesweeper in the service of the United States Navy during World War II.
Grackle was laid down on 6 June 1929 as MV Notre Dame by the Bath Iron Works Corp. of Bath, Maine, for F. J. O'Hara and Sons, Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts. She was launched on 2 December 1929, delivered on 21 December 1929, and renamed Grackle on 14 August 1940. Acquired by the Navy on 16 September 1940, her conversion to a minesweeper began on 1 October 1940 at the Bethlehem Steel Co. of East Boston, Massachusetts. Grackle was commissioned on 4 February 1941, and her conversion completed on 15 March 1941.