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USS Condor (AMc-14)

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was placed out of service at San Diego on 17 January 1946, struck from the List of District Craft in February 1946 and transferred to the
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in 1937. Acquired by the U.S. Navy on 28 October 1940, converted into a coastal minesweeper and placed in service on 18 April 1941.
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was USCG crewed under Navy command during wartime and the vessel was "in service" rather than commissioned for naval service.
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departed for Hawaii 14 May 1941 arriving on 28 May for service in Hawaiian waters.
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and is believed to have made the first enemy contact at 0350 and at 0357 notified
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whereupon she attacked the target, thus firing the first shots of the
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Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet (15 February 1942).
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spent the war in or near Hawaii with the U.S. Navy.
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by visual signals of a periscope sighting whereupon
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Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 24 July 1946
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USS Condor
USS Condor (AMc-14) Photographed in 1941, probably off San Diego, California
Condor
Coastal minesweeper
diesel engine
shaft
knots
.30 cal (7.62 mm)
machine gun
coastal minesweeper
United States Navy
purse seiner
Tacoma, Washington
Coast Guard
Pearl Harbor
the attack occurred
USS Ward
USS Antares
Pacific War
Japanese midget submarine
Maritime Commission








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