USS Partridge (AMCU-36)

USS Partridge (LCIL-1001/LSIL-1001/AMCU-36) was a LCI(L)-351-class large landing craft of the United States Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see USS Partridge.
History
United States
NameUSS Partridge
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Laid down18 April 1944
Launched13 May 1944
Commissioned10 June 1944, as USS LCI(L)-1001
DecommissionedMarch 1947
Recommissioned1950
DecommissionedEarly 1956
ReclassifiedAMCU-36, 7 March 1952; LSIL-1001, July 1954
Stricken7 August 1956
Honors and
awards		2 battle stars (World War II)
FateSold for scrap, 8 July 1960
General characteristics
Class and typeLCI(L)-351-class large landing craft
Displacement260 long tons (264 t)
Length159 ft (48 m)
Beam23 ft 8 in (7.21 m)
Draft5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Propulsion
Speed14.4 knots (26.7 km/h; 16.6 mph)
Complement41
Armament2 × single 20 mm AA guns

The ship was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas, on 18 April 1944, launched on 13 May, and commissioned on 10 June 1944 as USS LCIL-1001.

Service history

After shakedown in the Gulf of Mexico, she operated in that area and along the east coast until she decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Florida, in March 1947.

Established as a Training Ship

Reclassified as LSIL-1001 in 1949, she recommissioned in 1950. Based at Norfolk, Virginia, she served as a training ship for auxiliary minesweeper crews. Scheduled for conversion to an AMCU minehunter, she was named Partridge and reclassified AMCU-36 on 7 March 1952. However, her conversion was cancelled and she was reclassified and renamed LSIL-1001 in July 1954.

Decommissioning

Decommissioned in early 1956, she was struck from the Navy List on 7 August 1956 and scrapped.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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