USS Pursuit (AGS 17, ex AM) Class

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USS Prevail (AGS 17) on 5 August 1953.
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Class: PURSUIT (AGS 17, ex AM)
Design: Navy AM 221'
Displacement (tons): 880 light, 1,260 full
Dimensions (feet): 221' oa, 215' wl x 32' e/wl x 11' max nav
Armament: (17-19) 2-40mmT; (20) 6-20mmS; (20: 1956) none; (28) none
Accommodations: (17) 9 officers, 110 enlisted
Speed (kts.): 18
Propulsion (HP): 2,000
Machinery: Diesel electric, 2 screws

Construction:

AGS	Name	Reclas	Builder	Keel	Launch	Comm
17	PURSUIT	18 Aug 1951	Winslow Marine	12 Nov 1941	12 Jun 1942	15 Feb 1950
18	REQUISITE	18 Aug 1951	Winslow Marine	12 Nov 1941	25 Jul 1942	15 Feb 1950
19	SHELDRAKE	1 Apr 1952	Gen Eng	24 Jun 1941	12 Feb 1942	14 Apr 1952
20	PREVAIL	1 Apr 1952	Penn SY Beaumont	15 Nov 1941	13 Sep 1942	1 Apr 1952
28	TOWHEE	1 Apr 1964	Am SB, Cleveland	21 Mar 1944	6 Jan 1945	1 Apr 1964

Disposition:

AGS	Name	T	Decomm	Strike	Disposal	Fate	MA Sale
17	PURSUIT		30 Jun 1960	1 Jul 1960	16 Dec 1960	Navy sale	--
18	REQUISITE		1 Apr 1964	1 Apr 1964	3 Feb 1965	Navy sale	--
19	SHELDRAKE		1 Aug 1968	30 Jun 1968	2 Nov 1971	Navy sale	--
20	PREVAIL		10 Jan 1964	10 Jan 1964	Nov 1964	Navy sale	--
28	TOWHEE		30 Apr 1969	1 May 1969	6 Mar 1970	Navy sale	--

Class Notes:
The AUK class minesweepers PURSUIT and REQUISITE were both recommissioned for survey duty on 15 February 1950 and their classifications were later changed respectively from AM 108 and AM 109 to AGS 17 and AGS 18 on 18 August 1951. Through late 1954 they operated off Labrador and Greenland in the summer and in the Caribbean in the winter, and in 1955 both surveyed in the Arctic, PURSUIT working from the Atlantic side and REQUISITE from the Pacific. The classifications of SHELDRAKE and PREVAIL were changed from AM 62 and AM 107 to AGS 19 and AGS 20 on 1 April 1952, AGS 20 also being recommissioned on that date while AGS 19 followed on 14 April 1952. They operated primarily in the Western Atlantic and the Caribbean. In November 1963 TOWHEE was taken from the reserve fleet at Orange, Texas, to Philadelphia to replace REQUISITE. She was reclassified from MSF 388 to AGS 28 on 25 February 1964 effective 1 April 1964, the date on which she was recommissioned. SHELDRAKE and TOWHEE then performed surveys in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.

Ship Notes:

AGS	Name	MA	Notes
17	PURSUIT		(ex-AM 108, comm 30 Apr 1943).
18	REQUISITE		(ex-AM 109, comm 7 Jun 1943).
19	SHELDRAKE		(ex-AM 62, comm 14 Oct 1942). Her decommissioning date came after her strike date.
20	PREVAIL		(ex-AM 107, comm 17 Apr 1943).
28	TOWHEE		(ex-MSF 388, ex-AM 388, comm 18 May 1945).