USS Incessant (AM-248)

USS Incessant (AM-248)

USS "Incessant" (AM-248) was an "Admirable"-class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was built to clear minefields in offshore waters, and served the Navy in the North Atlantic Ocean and then in the Pacific Ocean. She returned home at war's end with two battle stars to her credit.

"Incessant" was laid down 3 July 1943 by Savannah Machine & Foundry Ga., Savannah, Georgia; launched 22 October 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Ralston Mingledorff; and commissioned 25 March 1944, Lt. C. H. Romig in command.

World War II North Atlantic operations

After shakedown out of Casco Bay, Maine, "Incessant" departed Norfolk, Virginia, 24 May 1944 for escort and training duty in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. Returning to Norfolk 8 July she sailed in convoy 23 July and after stopping at Mers-el-Kebir arrived off the coast of Southern France.

As the Allies pushed northward from the beachheads, the powerful guns of the fleet protected the flanks and knocked out the German coastal batteries on the Italian Riviera while minesweepers cleared the channel off the French coast. "Incessant" and her sister ships performed dangerous sweeping in the harbors of southern France in spite of human torpedoes and enemy shore fire from the Italian side. "Incessant" helped clear the channel into Mentone 9-10 September and then continued her minesweeping mg and patrol duties at other Mediterranean points - Bizerte, the coast of Sardinia, and Palermo, Sicily. In January 1945 she was assigned new duties, and after transiting the historic Dardanelles, arrived Sevastapol 26 January. There "Incessant" met her Russian pilot and interpreter and began important air-sea rescue work in the Black Sea. She departed for Palermo 15 February and resumed Mediterranean operations until sailing from Mers-el-Kebir 17 April for the United States.

Transfer to the Pacific Fleet

With the European war won, "Incessant" arrived Norfolk 5 May and after a period of training sailed 5 July for the western Pacific via the Panama Canal and San Diego, California, arriving Pearl Harbor 21 August, after the war's end, minesweepers were still needed, however, and "lncessant" proceeded to Eniwetok, Saipan, and Okinawa, in the weeks that followed. She arrived Sasebo for sweeping operations incident to the occupation 25 October and in November 1945 operated in the East China Sea.

Decommissioning

In March 1946 she was at Shanghai earmarked for transfer to China, but was eventually returned to Seattle, Washington, and decommissioned 6 November 1946. "Incessant" was subsequently returned to the Maritime Commission and sold to R. A. Rutherford 30 November 1948. She was converted to river service in 1949 at Paducah Marine Ways, Paducah, Kentucky and renamed MV Commercial Ohioan; She was in service up to 1955. Current fate unknown.

Awards

"Incessant" received two battle stars for World War II service.

References

ee also

* List of United States Navy ships
* World War II
* Patrol boat
* Minelayer
* Minesweeper (ship)

External links

* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/02248.htm NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - "Incessant" (AM-248)]


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