Admirable-class minesweeper
History Name USS Cruise Builder Tampa Shipbuilding Company Laid down 7 December 1942 Launched 21 March 1943 Commissioned 21 September 1945 Decommissioned 5 September 1946 Reclassified MSF-215, 7 February 1955 Stricken 1 July 1972 Identification IMO number : 7613715 Fate
Sold 1 March 1973, converted to a menhaden fisherman and renamed Gregory Poole ;
intentionally sunk off Delaware Bay on 10 December 2007.
General characteristics Class and type Admirable -classminesweeper Displacement 650 tons Length 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m) Beam 33 ft (10 m) Draft 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) Propulsion Speed 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h) Complement 104 Armament
USS Cruise (AM/MSF-215) was an Admirable -classminesweeper 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 Pacific Ocean .
She was launched 21 March 1943 by Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Tampa, Florida ; completed by Charleston Navy Yard ; and commissioned 21 September 1945, Lieutenant S. F. Luce, USNR , in command.
Cruise visited New York between 19 December 1945 and 5 January 1946, then sailed by way of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba ; the Panama Canal Zone ; and Salina Cruz , Mexico, for San Pedro, Los Angeles , arriving 3 February.
Originally destined for Pearl Harbor , she was ordered back to the east coast , sailing 20 March and arriving at Galveston, Texas , 22 April.
Sailing on to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , Cruise was placed out of commission in reserve there on 5 September 1946. She was reclassified MSF-215 on 7 February 1955. On 1 July 1972 she was struck from the Navy List .
MV Gregory Poole On 1 March 1973, Cruise was purchased by Beaufort Fisheries, Inc., Beaufort, North Carolina , and converted to a menhaden fisherman and renamed Gregory Poole , official number 558835.
On 10 December 2007, the Gregory Poole was scuttled off the coast of Delaware onto the Del-Jersey-Land Inshore Reef site (38°30.9′N 74°30.6′W / 38.5150°N 74.5100°W / 38.5150; -74.5100 (MV Gregory Poole ) [ 1] artificial reef .[ 2]
References This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . The entry can be found here .
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
