USS Paramount

Minesweeper of the United States Navy

History
United States
Laid down| 14 April 1941
Launched| 9 August 1941
In service| 31 December 1941
Out of service| 8 February 1946
Stricken| 26 February 1946
Fate| Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 16 September 1946
General characteristics
Displacement| 196 tons
Length| 97 ft 6 in (29.72 m)
Beam| 22 ft 3 in (6.78 m)
Draught| 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)
Speed| 10 knots
Complement| 17
Armament| two .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns

USS Paramount (AMc-92) was an Accentor-class coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.

Paramount was laid down 14 April 1941 by the Delaware Bay SB Co., Inc. Leesburg, New Jersey; launched 9 August 1941; and placed in service 31 December 1941.

## World War II service

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Paramount spent her entire Naval career participating in exercises and making voyages along the Atlantic Coast of the Southern U.S. and in the Caribbean. Involved in a grounding at the entrance to Ocracoke Inlet on 19 February 1942, she was towed to Morehead City, North Carolina by USCGC Dione, in sinking condition, for repairs. Placed out of service on 8 February 1946, Paramount was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 26 February and transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 16 September.

## References

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

## External links

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* Photo gallery of USS Paramount at NavSource Naval History

Accentor-class minesweepers

* Accentor
* Acme
* Adamant
* Advance
* Aggressor
* Assertive
* Avenge
* Barbet
* Bateleur
* Bold
* Brambling
* Bulwark
* Caracara
* Chachalaca
* Chimango
* Combat
* Conqueror
* Conquest
* Cotinga
* Courier
* Courlan
* Defiance
* Demand
* Detector
* Develin
* Dominant
* Endurance
* Energy
* Exultant
* Fearless
* Fortitude
* Fulmar
* Governor
* Guide
* Heroic
* Ideal
* Industry
* Jacamar
* Liberator
* Limpkin
* Lorikeet
* Loyalty
* Marabout
* Memorable
* Merit
* Observer
* Ostrich
* Paramount
* Peerless
* Pluck
* Positive
* Prestige
* Progress
* Radiant
* Reaper
* Reliable
* Rocket
* Roller
* Royal
* Security
* Skimmer
* Skipper
* Stalwart
* Summit
* Tapacola
* Trident
* Turaco
* Valor
* Victor
* Vigor

List of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy

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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in February 1942

Shipwrecks|

* 2 Feb: U-581, W. L. Steed
* 3 Feb: Talthybius
* 4 Feb: India Arrow
* 5 Feb: HMS Arbutus, China Arrow, Empress of Asia
* 6 Feb: U-82
* 9 Feb: Empire Fusilier, USS Lafayette, Natsushio
* 11 Feb: USS Shark, HMCS Spikenard
* 12 Feb: HMS Maori, Skanderbeg, V-1302 John Mahn
* 13 Feb: HMS Tempest
* 14 Feb: HMS Grasshopper, HMS Li Wo, President Taylor, Vyner Brooke
* 15 Feb: HNLMS Van Ghent
* 16 Feb: Monagas
* 17 Feb: USS Detector, Empire Comet, USS Paramount, HNLMS Van Nes
* 18 Feb: HNLMS K VII, USS Pollux, HNLMS Soerabaja, Surcouf, USS Truxtun
* 19 Feb:  British Consul, British Motorist, Don Isidro, Empire Seal, Kelat, Mauna Loa, HMAS Mavie, USAT Meigs, Miraflores, Neptuna, USS Peary, HNLMS Piet Hein, Portmar, Zealandia
* 21 Feb: Kurtuluş
* 22 Feb: Hanne, Sama
* 23 Feb: HMS P38
* 24 Feb: Columbia, Empire Celt, Struma (disaster)
* 26 Feb: Cassimir
* 27 Feb: HNLMS De Ruyter, HMS Electra, USS Langley, HMS Jupiter, HNLMS Java, HNLMS Kortenaer, R.P. Resor, Tembien
* 28 Feb: USS Jacob Jones
* Unknown date: Cabedello, I-23

Other incidents|

* 4 Feb: USS Marblehead
* 18 Feb: USS Wilkes
* 19 Feb: Barossa, Shch-421
* 20 Feb: Koolama
* 22 Feb: Enrico Cosenz
* 24 Feb: USS Thresher
* 25 Feb: I-5, I-6
* 28 Feb: USS Greenling, USS S-17

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