USS Prowess (IX 305, ex AM) Class

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USS Prowess (IX 305) drydocked in the Great Lakes area circa the late 1960s.
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Class: PROWESS (IX 305, ex AM)
Design: Navy AM 185'
Displacement (tons): (est.) 720 light, 975 full
Dimensions (feet): 185' oa, 180' wl x 34' e, 33' wl x 11' max nav
Armament: none
Accommodations: (est.) 98
Speed (kts.): 15
Propulsion (HP): 1,440
Machinery: Geared diesel, 2 screws

Construction:

IX	Name	Reclas	Builder	Keel	Launch	Comm
305	PROWESS	1 Mar 1966	Gulf, Chickasaw	15 Sep 1943	17 Feb 1944	Feb 1962

Disposition:

IX	Name	T	Decomm	Strike	Disposal	Fate	MA Sale
305	PROWESS		3 Jun 1970	3 Jun 1970	3 Jun 1970	Trf	--

Class Notes:
AM 280 (PROWESS), a 180-foot steel minesweeper, was placed in the post-World War II reserve fleet in December 1945, reclassified MSF 280 in 1955, reactivated as a Naval Reserve training ship in February 1962, assigned a homeport of Buffalo, New York, on 1 September 1965, and reclassified IX 305 as a training ship on 18 February 1966 effective 1 March 1966. She trained the Naval Reserve in the Great Lakes until being transferred to South Vietnam on 4 June 1970 and renamed HA HOI (HQ 13). She was captured by North Vietnam Forces in 1975 and was hulked and converted to a training vessel in 1998. She was later broken up.

Ship Notes:

IX	Name	MA	Notes
305	PROWESS		(ex-MSF 280, ex-AM 280 7 Feb 1955, completed 27 Sep 1944). Trf. to South Vietnam as HA HOI.