USS Advent (AM-83)

Career (United States)
Name:	USS Advent
Builder:	Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon
Laid down:	18 August 1941
Launched:	12 March 1942
Commissioned:	19 August 1942
Renamed:	USS PC-1587, 1 June 1944
Decommissioned:	22 January 1946
Struck:	25 February 1946
Fate:	Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 18 March 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:	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Propulsion:	2 × 1,770 bhp (1,320 kW) Cooper Bessemer GNB8 diesel engines Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear 2 shafts
Speed:	16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement:	65
Armament:	• 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun • 1 × 40 mm gun

USS Advent (AM-83) was an Adroit-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. The ship was laid down on 18 August 1941 at Portland, Oregon, by the Commercial Iron Works; launched on 12 March 1942; and commissioned on 19 August 1942, Lt. K. A. Tuttle in command.

World War II Pacific Theatre operations

Advent served on escort and patrol duty in the South and West Pacific throughout World War II. From 2 May until 8 October 1943, she operated out of Noumea, New Caledonia, on convoy screening duty. Her ports of call included Espiritu Santo; Sydney, Australia; Tongatapu; Efate, New Hebrides; and Guadalcanal.

The ship changed her base of operations to Guadalcanal in mid-October 1943. She made numerous runs to Espiritu Santo; the Treasury Islands; Noumea; Efate; Bougainville, Solomon Islands; Sydney; and Ulithi. On 1 June 1944, the name Advent was dropped, and the ship was designated as submarine chaser USS PC-1587.

Between late August and mid-October 1944, PC-1587 was based at Espiritu Santo. The highlight of her service during this period was her rescue on 11 October of the crew of a downed PBY aircraft. During November, the patrol craft operated from Guadalcanal; and, on 4 December, she shifted to Ulithi. By April 1945, PC-1587 had completed five convoy runs to Kossol Roads, Palau Islands, and one to Guam.

Return to Stateside

In April, PC-1587 assumed patrol duty at Saipan. The ship also escorted convoys to Iwo Jima, the Bonin Islands, Guam, and Tinian. On 17 October, she set a course for the California coast, sailing via Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor. She dropped anchor in San Francisco Bay on 13 November 1945.

Post-war deactivation

Preparations for her deactivation were begun soon after reaching the west coast, and PC-1587 was decommissioned on 22 January 1946. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 25 February 1946, and she was transferred to the Maritime Commission on 18 March 1948 for disposal.

References

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

External links

• Photo gallery of USS Advent (AM-83)/PC-1587 at NavSource Naval History
• Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 - PC-1587 USS Advent
• Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 Minecraft