USS Pochard
Pochard at Little Creek, Virginia on 13 February 1945 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Pochard |
| Builder | Savannah Machine and Foundry Co., Savannah, Georgia |
| Laid down | 10 February 1944 |
| Launched | 11 June 1944 |
| Commissioned | 27 November 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 15 January 1947 |
| Recommissioned | 27 February 1952 |
| Decommissioned | 3 August 1955 |
| Reclassified | MSF-375, 7 February 1955 |
| Stricken | 1 December 1966 |
| Honours & awards | 3 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate | Sold for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Auk-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 890 long tons (904 t) |
| Length | 221 ft 3 in (67.44 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 100 officers and enlisted |
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USS Pochard (AM-375) was an Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.
Pochard was named after the pochard, a heavy-bodied diving duck.
Pochard was laid down by Savannah Machine and Foundry Co., Savannah, Georgia, 10 February 1944; launched 11 June 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Mary E. Kennard; and commissioned 27 November 1944.