- USS Concise (AM-163)
USS Concise (AM-163) was an
Admirable-class minesweeper built for theU.S. Navy duringWorld War II . She was built to clear minefields in offshore waters, and served the Navy in thePacific Ocean .She was reclassified AM-163,
21 February 1942 ; launched6 February 1943 byWillamette Iron and Steel Works ,Portland, Oregon ; and commissioned25 April 1944 , Lieutenant H. J. Ullmann, Jr.,USNR , in command.World War II Pacific Ocean operations
Sailing from
San Francisco, California ,3 July 1944 forPearl Harbor , "Concise" arrived13 July for training. She swept mines atFrench Frigate Shoals from6 August to16 August then sailed toEniwetok , arriving28 September . Assigned to convoy escort duty until11 August 1945 "Concise" arrived offOkinawa ,30 August . On8 September she sailed to clear mines from Japanese waters in protection of occupation shipping, sweeping offWakayama ,Osaka , andNagoya until20 November .Post-War Decommissioning
"Concise" returned to
San Francisco, California ,16 December 1945 and was placed out of commission in reserve31 May 1946 atSan Diego, California . She was reclassified MSF-163 on7 February 1955 .Awards
"Concise" received one battle star for World War II service.
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