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USS ''Pilot'' (AM-104) was a United States Navy that saw service in the Mediterranean and Pacific Theaters of Operations during World War II. She was decommissioned and reentered the Reserve Fleet in October 1954, and struck from the Naval Register in July 1972 before being transferred to Mexico that month. She was retired from service in 2004. ''Pilot'' was the second U.S. Navy ship to bear the name, drawn from the word "pilot," which is defined as one employed to steer a vessel; a helmsman. ==Service history== ''Pilot'' was laid down as an ocean-going minesweeper by the Pennsylvania Shipyards Inc., Beaumont, Texas, 27 October 1941; launched 5 July 1942; sponsored by Miss Jacqueline Perry; and commissioned 3 February 1943, Lt. Comdr. S. W. Wetmore, USNR, in command. === Atlantic Ocean operations === After sea trials, ''Pilot'' sailed 10 February via New Orleans, Louisiana, and Key West, Florida, for Norfolk, Virginia, arriving 1 March. After training at the Naval Mine Warfare School, Yorktown, Virginia, and in the Chesapeake Bay, ''Pilot'' sailed 1 April with Task Group 68.2, made rendezvous with a convoy and the next day, set course for Port Royal Bay, Bermuda, arriving on the 4th. On 14 April ''Pilot'' screened another convoy headed to French Morocco, arriving Casablanca on 29 April. ''Pilot'' stood out again the same day en route to Admiralty Harbor, Gibraltar, where she arrived the next day. On 3 May she sailed for Bermuda and on 6 May made two attacks on possible submarines. She arrived Norfolk, Virginia, 20 May. On 12 June ''Pilot'' stood out from New York with Task Force 61 en route to the Mediterranean. When a French naval tanker of the convoy was torpedoed 22 June and sank stern first, ''Pilot'' rescued 111 survivors. The following day she transferred the passengers to . ''Pilot'' arrived off Casablanca harbor 3 July. On the 5th, she got underway for Gibraltar to fuel, and the following day departed, escorting a convoy toward the United States, arriving Norfolk, Virginia 24 July. 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 Pilot (AM-104)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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