USS Cruise (AM-215)

USS Cruise (AM-215)

USS "Cruise" (AM-215) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was built to clear minefields in offshore waters, and served the Navy in the Pacific Ocean.

She was launched 21 March 1943 by Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Tampa, Florida; completed by Charleston Navy Yard; and commissioned 21 September 1945, Lieutenant S. F. Luce, USNR, in command.

World War II Pacific Ocean operations

Cruise visited New York between 19 December 1945 and 5 January 1946, then sailed by way of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; the Panama Canal Zone; and Salina Cruz, Mexico, for San Pedro, California, arriving 3 February.

Post-War Atlantic Fleet Assignment

Originally destined for Pearl Harbor, she was ordered back to the east coast, sailing 20 March and arriving at Galveston, Texas, 22 April.

Post-War Decommissioning

Sailing on to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, "Cruise" was placed out of commission in reserve there 5 September 1946. She was reclassified MSF-215 on 7 February 1955. On 1 July 1972 she was struck from the Navy List. On 1 March 1973. "Cruise" was purchased by Beaufort Fisheries, Inc., Beaufort, North Carolina, and converted to a menhaden fisherman and renamed "Gregory Poole", official number 558835. The vessel was reported as still operational in 2006.

The "Gregory Poole" was [http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/DNREC2000/Admin/Press/Story1.asp?PRID=2750 intentionally sunk] off the coast of Delaware as an artificial reef on December 10, 2007

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