Allied Warships

USS Incredible (AM 249)

Minesweeper of the Admirable class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAdmirable 
PennantAM 249 
Built bySavannah Machinery and Foundry Co. (Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A.) 
Ordered2 May 1942 
Laid down9 Sep 1943 
Launched21 Nov 1943 
Commissioned17 Apr 1944 
End service21 Sep 1954 
History

Decommissioned 28 November 1947 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington
Placed in service, out of commission from 28 November 1947 to 28 September 1949 at Yokosuka, Japan
Recommissioned 14 August 1950 at Yokosuka, Japan
Decommissioned 21 September 1954 at Long Beach, California
Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Long Beach Group
Struck from the Naval Register 1 December 1959
Sold for scrapping 8 August 1960 to National Metal and Steel Corp.

 

Commands listed for USS Incredible (AM 249)

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1Lt. Robert Nelson Ekland, USNR17 Apr 194429 Oct 1945

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