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The first USS ''Merganser'' (AM-135) was a minesweeper in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for the duck, merganser. Originally the commercial trawler ''Annapolis'', ''Merganser'' was built in 1937 by the Bethlehem Steel Corp., Quincy, Massachusetts; acquired by the U.S. Navy as ''Ocean'' through Maritime Commission requisition purchase from the General Sea Foods Corp., Boston, Massachusetts, 3 January 1942; renamed ''Merganser'' 18 January 1942; converted by Bethlehem Steel Atlantic Works, East Boston, Massachusetts; and commissioned 23 May 1942, Lt. A. S. Johnson, USNR, in command. == World War II East Coast Assignment == Assigned to the 1st Naval District, ''Merganser'' operated from the Woods Hole Section Base, patrolling the waters off New England, until February 1944. == Deactivation == She then proceeded to Boston, Massachusetts, for inactivation, decommissioning there 1 May. She was struck from the Naval Register 16 September, and on the 29th transferred to the Maritime Commission. She was subsequently sold to her former owner and renamed ''Ocean''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Merganser (AM-135)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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