The first USS CONFLICT (AM-85)
AM-85 (USS Conflict)
- (Adroit Class Minesweeper):
- Displacement: 295 tons
- Length: 173'9"
- Beam: 23'
- Draft: 6'6"
- Speed: 16 knots
- Armament: 1 3"/50
- Complement: 65
- Diesel engine or diesel engine with electric drive, twin screws, 3,500 h.p.
- Built at Commercial Iron Works and commissioned as AM-85 1942
- Converted to Sub Chaser (PC-1589) 1944
The first Conflict (AM-85) was launched 18 April 1942 by Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oreg.; and commissioned 7 September 1942, Lieutenant R. W. Luther, USNR, in command.
Clearing Seattle 7 December 1942, Conflict called at San Francisco and Pearl harbor before
arriving at Espiritu santo, New Hebrides, 29 January 1943. From this base she sailed on
antisubmarine patrols in the Solomons and escorted convoys throughout the Solomons and the
Florida
Islands until 2 July 1945. On 1 June 1944 her name was canceled and her classification changed
to
PC-1589.
Arriving at Noumea, New Caledonia 4 July 1945 PC-1589 visited Auckland, New Zealand, from 10
to 21
July, then escorted Navy crash boats to the Ellice, Wallis, Fiji, and New Hebrides Islands.
After
the end of the war she remained in New Caledonia serving as pilot ship until 7 March 1946 when
she
got underway for an overhaul at Pago Pago, Samoa, sailing on to arrive in Pearl Harbor 1 May.
She
decommissioned 31 May 1946, and transferred to the War Assets Administration for disposal December 1947.
PC-1589 received two battle stars for World War II service.
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