USS Firm (AM-98)

History
United States
Name	USS Firm
Builder	Penn-Jersey Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
Laid down	21 October 1941
Launched	29 May 1942
Commissioned	10 April 1943
Renamed	USS PC-1602, 1 June 1944
Renamed	USS PCC-1602, 1 August 1945
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. BS1145 & BS1146) Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear 2 shafts
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h)
Complement	65
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 1 × 40 mm gun

USS Firm (AM-98) was an Adroit-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. Laid down on 21 October 1941 by the Corp., Camden, New Jersey, launched on 29 May 1942, and commissioned on 10 April 1943. The vessel was reclassified as a submarine chaser PC-1602 on 1 June 1944; it was later reclassified as a control submarine chaser PCC-1602 on 1 August 1945. Very little information is available about the activities of this vessel while operating as a submarine chaser. PC-1602 was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 15 June 1948, and sold to Walter H. Wilms. Fate unknown.

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 Firm (AM-98)/PC-1602/PCC-1602 at NavSource Naval History
• Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 PC-1602 (USS Firm)