Bulwark I (AMc-68)
1941-1946
A general word classification.
I
(AMc-68: displacement 195; length 97'1"; beam 22'0"; draft 8½' (mean) (full load); speed 10.0 knots; complement 17; armament 2 .50 caliber machine guns; class Accentor)
The first Bulwark (AMc-68) was laid down on 15 April 1941 at East Boothbay, Maine, by Hodgden Bros. & Goudy & Stevens; launched on 6 October 1941; sponsored by Miss Barbara Small; and placed in service at Boston, Mass., on 5 February 1942, Ens. Lawrence Dana, D-V(S), USNR, officer in charge.
Assigned to the section base at Boston, Bulwark spent her entire Navy career patrolling the waters of the First Naval District. She searched for submarines in coastal waters and for enemy offensive mines in those same areas. The warship also served as a training platform for minesweeping students based at Provincetown, Mass. Bulwark was placed out of service at the Boston Naval Shipyard on 18 June 1946. Her name was stricken from the Naval Register on 3 July 1946, and she was sold to the city of Boston on 12 September 1946.
Raymond A. Mann
Updated , Robert J. Cressman
4 August 2022
