USS Fidelity (AM-96)

History
United States
Name	USS Fidelity
Builder	Nashville Bridge Company, Nashville, Tennessee
Laid down	15 October 1941
Launched	28 February 1942
Commissioned	9 September 1942
Renamed	USS PC-1600, 1 June 1944
Honors and awards	2 battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 15 June 1948
General characteristics
Class and type	Adroit-class minesweeper
Displacement	295 long tons (300 t)
Length	173 ft 8 in (52.93 m)
Beam	23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft	11 ft 7 in (3.53 m)
Propulsion	2 × 1,440 bhp (1,074 kW) Busch-Sulzer BS 539 diesel engines (Serial Nos. BS1141 & BS1142) 2 shafts
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h)
Complement	66
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 1 × 40 mm gun

USS Fidelity (AM-96) was an Adroit-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. Laid down on 15 October 1941 by the Company of Nashville, Tennessee, launched on 28 February 1942, and commissioned on 9 September 1942. The ship was reclassified as a submarine chaser USS PC-1600 on 1 June 1944.

PC-1600 was decommissioned, (date unknown), and transferred to the Maritime Commission on 15 June 1948, and sold to Charles Weaver. Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). Fate unknown. PC-1600 earned two battle stars for World War II service.

References[]

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links[]

• Photo gallery of USS Fidelity (AM-96)/PC-1600 at NavSource Naval History