- USS Revenge (AM-110)
USS "Revenge" (AM-110) was a
World War II -era "Auk"-class minesweeper in the service of theUnited States Navy . It was the sixthUnited States vessel named "Revenge"."Revenge" was laid down as "Right" on
19 June 1942 byWinslow Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Company ,Seattle, Washington ; launched on7 November 1942; renamed "Revenge"15 May 1943 ; and commissioned on21 July 1943, withCommander F. F. Sima in command.After outfitting at
Puget Sound Navy Yard , "Revenge" underwent shakedown out of San Pedro andSan Diego, California . She departed on13 October 1943 for further training in theHawaiian Islands , and on10 November she set course forMakin Island , the Gilberts, arriving 2 days later. After 2 days of minesweeping, she commencedanti-submarine patrol off Makin and Tarawa.Following
Christmas and training atPearl Harbor , "Revenge" sailed forKwajalein Atoll and commenced minesweeping operations on13 January 1944 . For a brief period following the invasion, she alternated between antisubmarine patrol and harbor entrance control. From the end of February through mid-May, she was utilized as an escort vessel, travelling between the Marshalls, the Gilberts and the Hawaiian Islands. She then returned to the west coast.Upon completion of a short availability at
Mare Island Navy Yard , "Revenge" again commenced escort duty out of Pearl Harbor. September brought the resumption of training exercises, this time atHilo , after which she sailed for Manus, the Admiralties. On11 October she headed for thePhilippines and the invasion of Leyte.The weather was exceedingly rough and, the night before the initial sweep, 20 foot seas were running. In spite of the weather,
Mine Division 13 (of which "Revenge" was a unit) enteredLeyte Gulf at daybreak with gear streamed. No navigational plots could be kept, nor could the ships remain on stations as the weather had reached typhoon intensity. No enemy action was observed, but activities were made hazardous by the abundance of floating mines and the difficulties involved in maneuvering the craft. Weather abated somewhat the next day and sweeping operations were earned out in a more normal fashion. After 6 days "Revenge" was credited with the destruction of nearly 70 mines.Once the beachhead was secured and the anchorage made safe, the division continued clearance sweeps around
Homonhon and Samar. On27 November , "Pursuit" (AM-108) and "Revenge" made an exploratory sweep on the western side of Leyte."Revenge" was scheduled to participate in the invasion of
Luzon early in January1945 , but, because of a damaged propeller shaft, she was ordered to Pearl Harbor for repairs. In February she was again assigned convoy duty, this time out ofUlithi , Western Carolines. Then, on19 March she got underway with some 70 other minecraft for the invasion ofOkinawa .No early difficulties were encountered off Okinawa by "Revenge". She operated just off the invasion beaches, where strong tides caused some anxiety and these very tides caused "Skylark" (AM-63) to drift into unswept waters
28 March , where she struck a mine and sank. In the attendant rescue operations, "Revenge" cleared a path to one side of "Skylark" while "Sage" (AM-111) cleared a path to the other. Rescue work was so efficient that only five men died in the stricken minesweeper, and they were killed in the initial explosion.For 76 days "Revenge" remained on patrol off Okinawa. In March her gunners detected and sank a
Japan ese suicide boat as it attempted to run in under cover of darkness. Late in June relief was assigned and "Revenge" called atGuam for 2 weeks of availability.In July "Revenge" returned to Okinawa, but soon departed with a small minesweeping group for the East
China Sea . Then, on27 August , "Revenge" went alongside "Ellyson" (DMS-19) to take aboard a Japanese pilot for the sweep ofTokyo Bay . The next morning "Revenge" led the group into Tokyo Bay. There was a fairly wide channel, and safe anchorages were quickly charted for the rest of the fleet. The minesweepers then shifted operations to the coastline. After a month of such operations and some additional time in Tokyo Bay, the minesweepers were ordered to Sasebo.Operations out of Sasebo took "Revenge" and her sisters into the East China Sea and the
Straits of Formosa . She spent Christmas of 1945 inShanghai , and in January1946 returned Sasebo. In mid-January she sailed for San Pedro, California, and from there through thePanama Canal forCharleston, South Carolina , for inactivationoverhaul . Following inactivation on18 March 1947 she was assigned to the Texas Group,Atlantic Reserve Fleet ,Orange, Texas , where she remained until recommissioned14 February 1951 . She then provided training services along the east coast as well as in theCaribbean Sea and theGulf of Mexico . Reclassified MSF-110 on7 March 1955 , she decommissioned 2 days later and was assigned to the Florida Group,Atlantic Reserve Fleet , atGreen Cove Springs, Florida .In
1961 "Revenge" was transferred to theInactive Ship Maintenance Facility , Orange, Texas, where she remained until struck from the Navy list on1 November 1966 . She was sold for scrap in May1967 ."Revenge" earned six
battle star s duringWorld War II .See also
See USS "Revenge" for other ships of this name.
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