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{{short description|Minesweeper of the United States Navy}}
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'''USS ''Skimmer'' (AMc-53)''' was an [[Accentor-class minesweeper|''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.

The first ship to be named ''Skimmer'' by the Navy, ''AMc-53'' was laid down on 2 January 1941 by the Snow Shipyards at [[Rockland, Maine]]; launched on 7 June 1941; sponsored by Mrs. Mildred Manlove; and placed in service on 26 August 1941.

== World War II service ==

''Skimmer'' spent her first four days of Navy service at [[Boston, Massachusetts]]; then was ordered to [[Yorktown, Virginia]], for 15 days training. She departed Boston on 30 August and arrived at Yorktown on 2 September.

Later that month, she was ordered to the [[4th Naval District]] for duty, departing Yorktown on the 18th. ''Skinner'' spent all her wartime service in the [[4th Naval District]] on coastal and harbor patrol; and, on 31 July 1946, she was placed out of service at [[Norfolk, Virginia]].

== Deactivation ==

Her name was struck from the [[Navy list]] on 28 August 1946. On 15 April 1947, she was transferred from the Navy to the [[Maritime Commission]] for disposal at [[Charleston, South Carolina]]. She was subsequently sold to the Bowater Paper Co., Inc., of [[New York City]].

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/#Anchor-Editoria-14954 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/03053.htm NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - Skimmer (AMc 53)]

{{Accentor class minesweeper}}

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[[Category:Accentor-class minesweepers]]
[[Category:World War II minesweepers of the United States]]
[[Category:Ships built in Rockland, Maine]]
[[Category:1941 ships]]