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Accentor II (AMCU-15)

1952-1954

The second U.S. Navy ship named for the bird of the genus Pruella, most notably the hedge sparrow.

II

(AMCU-15: displacement 387 (full load) (limiting); length 159'0"; beam 23'8"; draft 5'8"; speed 14.4 knots; complement 40; armament 5 20-millimeter; class AMCU-7)

LCI(L)-652 was laid down on 10 June 1944 at Barber, N.J., by the New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp.; launched on 13 July 1944; and commissioned on 25 July 1944, Lt. (j.g.) John E. Elliott, D-V(S), USNR, in command.

After shakedown training during the summer of 1944, the large infantry landing craft joined the Pacific Fleet. Clearing Panama for Bora Bora on 30 September 1944, she operated in various  rear areas of the Pacific Ocean, at places like San Pedro Bay, Guiuan, Samar, Tacloban, and Leyte, in the Philippine Islands, through the end of World War II and after Japan capitulated in mid-August 1945. She cleared Manila for Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, on 1 February 1946, then departed Pearl for San Francisco, Calif., on 11 April, clearing San Francisco for Astoria, Oregon, on 7 May. On 19 July 1946, LCI(L)-652 was decommissioned and berthed with the Columbia River Group of the Pacific Reserve Fleet.

While inactive during the remainder of her Navy career, she was re-designated LSI(L)-652 on 28 February 1949. Late in October 1950, the ship was nominated for conversion to an underwater mine locator ship. Accordingly, she was named Accentor and re-designated AMCU-15 on 7 March 1952. In May 1952, she was reassigned from the Columbia River Group to the Bremerton Group in preparation for her reconditioning.

However, Accentor never returned to active service. Her conversion was cancelled on 22 January 1954, and she remained inactive at Bremerton. On 1 July 1954, her name and new classification were also cancelled, and she reverted to LSI(L)-652. She was stricken from the Naval Register on 18 September 1956 and was sunk as a target on 13 August 1958 about 70 miles off the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Raymond A. Mann

Updated, Robert J. Cressman

25 August 202i2

Published: Thu Aug 25 16:20:48 EDT 2022