Allied Warships

USS Sustain (AM 119)

Minesweeper of the Auk class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAuk 
PennantAM 119 
Built byAmerican Shipbuilding Co. (Lorain, Ohio, U.S.A.) 
Ordered1 Apr 1941 
Laid down17 Nov 1941 
Launched23 Jun 1942 
Commissioned9 Nov 1942 
End service9 Nov 1954 
History

Placed out of commission, in reserve 17 June 1946 at San Diego, California
Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
Recommissioned 14 January 1952
Placed out of commission, in-reserve 9 October 1954 at Green Cove Springs, Florida
Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs
Reclassified Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) MSF-119 on 5 February 1955
Reclassified MMC-2 on 31 October 1958
Struck from the Naval Register 1 October 1959 and transferred to Norway being renamed Tyr (N 47).

 

Commands listed for USS Sustain (AM 119)

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1Morgan Hamilton Harris, USNR9 Nov 194213 Oct 1943
2James Edward Lindeman, Jr., USNR13 Oct 194329 Oct 1945

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