USS Pluck

USS Pluck

USS "Pluck" is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:

* USS Pluck (AMc-94), a coastal minesweeper placed in service 6 October 1942.
* USS Pluck (MSO-464), a fleet minesweeper commissioned 11 August 1954.

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