USS Bastion (ACM-6)

USS "Bastion" (ACM-6) was a "Chimo"-class minelayer in the United States Navy during World War II.

"Bastion" was originally the "Colonel Henry J. Hunt"--a mine planter built in 1942 at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, by the Marietta Manufacturing Co.—and was acquired by the Navy from the U.S. Army on 4 January 1945; renamed USS Bastion; converted to an auxiliary minelayer; and commissioned at Charleston, South Carolina, on 9 April 1945, Lt. Earl D. Fatkin, USNR, in command.

World War II Pacific Theatre operations

"Bastion" departed Charleston, South Carolina, on 17 June 1945 bound for the Pacific. She transited the Panama Canal on 23 June and arrived in San Diego, California, on 7 July. In August, she sailed to Pearl Harbor and then continued on to the Mariana Islands where she arrived on 22 August. Though classified as a minelayer, the ship served as a minesweeper and repair ship in the Marianas during the remainder of August and all of September and in the Ryukyus from October to mid December. On the 17 December, she got underway for Japan, arrived there on the 21st, and resumed minesweeping duties. She also provided seaborne support for the occupation forces.

Decommissioning

On 11 March 1946, "Bastion" headed home. She was decommissioned on 18 June 1946 at San Francisco, California, and was simultaneously transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 19 July 1946.

References

ee also

* List of United States Navy ships
* Minelayer

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/#Anchor-Editoria-14954 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]
* [http://ibiblio.net/hyperwar//USN/ships/ACM/ACM-6_Bastion.html Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 ACM-6 USS Bastion]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/0106.htm NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - USCGC Jonquil (WLB 330) - ex-WAGL-330 - ex-USS Bastion (ACM 6) - ex-USAMP Colonel Henry J. Hunt]