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USS ''Turaco'' (AMc-55), an ''Accentor'' class coastal minesweeper was named, by the U.S. Navy for the turaco, a large, brilliantly colored African bird having a long tail and prominent crest. ''Turaco'' was laid down on 17 January 1941 by the Snow Shipyards of Rockland, Maine; launched on 28 July 1941; sponsored by Mrs. F. C. Gatcombe; placed in service on 9 October 1941, Lt. (jg.) Allard B. Heyward, USNR, Officer in Charge. == World War II North Atlantic operations == The new coastal minesweeper completed fitting out at Boston Naval Shipyard; then got underway on 19 October 1941. She arrived at Yorktown, Virginia, on the 21st for a period of training in mine warfare. In October, the wooden-hulled coastal minesweeper arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, and, soon thereafter, headed southward. Early in November, she reported for duty to the Commandant, 7th Naval District. On 19 February 1942, a German submarine torpedoed and sank , the first American ship lost to enemy action in the waters of the Gulf Sea Frontier. In the summer of 1942, as German submarines took their grim toll of merchant shipping, ''Turaco'' pursued her duties. German submarines laid minefields which were discovered by patrolling American vessels - often enough, only after American ships had been damaged or lost. The small coastal minesweepers joined the larger sweepers (AM's) in clearing these fields on the Eastern Sea Frontier and Gulf Sea Frontier. As the war wore on, ''Turaco'' continued her duties with the 6th Naval District and the 7th Naval District. Increased availability of ships and aircraft, improved understanding of antisubmarine warfare, and greater organizational efficiency all contributed to decreasing merchant ship losses on the Gulf Sea Frontier. 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 Turaco (AMc-55)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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