Allied Warships

USS Detector (AMc-75)

Minesweeper of the Accentor class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAccentor 
PennantAMc-75 
Built byGibbs Gas Engine Co. (Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A.) 
Ordered1 Apr 1941 
Laid down29 Mar 1941 
Launched29 May 1941 
Commissioned18 Sep 1941 
End service13 Feb 1946 
History

Decommissioned on 13 February 1946.

 

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17 Feb 1942
USS Detector (AMc-75) was accidentally sunk in a collision with the US tanker Oswego some 300 yards east-northeast of Finn's Ledge Buoy, at the entrance to the north channel at Boston, Massachusetts. Later salvaged and restored to service.


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