- Construction
- World War II
- Post-war decommissioning
- See also
- References
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}}{{Infobox Ship Career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | 1942}} | Ship name= Action | Ship namesake= | Ship owner= | Ship operator= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder=Collingwood Shipyard, Collingwood, Ontario, Canada | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down=6 January 1942 as CN-304 | Ship launched= 28 July 1942 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired=21 November 1942 | Ship commissioned=22 November 1942 | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned=6 September 1945 | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship refit= | Ship struck=7 September 1945 | Ship homeport= | Ship identification= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honors= | Ship fate=Sold in 1952 to J. Presthus, Bergen, Norway; Converted to a cargo vessel and renamed Arne Presthus. Fate unknown | Ship status= | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox Ship Characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class=Action-class | Ship type=Patrol boat | 1375|LT|t|abbr=on}} | 205|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 33|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 14|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship power= | Ship propulsion= | 16.5|kn|mph km/h|lk=in|abbr=on}} | Ship range= | Ship capacity= | Ship complement=90 | 3|in|mm|abbr=on}} dual purpose gun mounts- two 20 mm gun mounts
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}} | USS Action (PG-86) was the lead ship of the Action-class patrol boats acquired by the United States Navy for the task of patrolling American coastal waters during World War II. She is the only ship to bear this name. ConstructionAction (PG-86) was laid down as CN-304 on 6,January 1942 by the Collingwood Shipyards Ltd., Collingwood, Canada; launched on 28 July 1942; named Action on 13 August 1942; accepted by the Navy on 21 November 1942; and commissioned on 22 November 1942, Lt. Kendall Read in command. World War IIAfter she had been fitted out at Boston, Action reported to the Commander, Eastern Sea Frontier, on 23 February 1943. She then assumed escort and patrol duty. Throughout the rest of 1943, all of 1944, and the first half o'f 1945, Action escorted convoys between New York and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Her next assignment was to patrol the waters in the vicinity of New York and the Narragansett Bay area. Post-war decommissioningFollowing the surrender of Germany, Action arrived at the Charleston Navy Yard on 28 June 1945; was decommissioned there on 6 September; and she was stricken from the Navy list on 17 September. In October 1946, Action was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal. See also- List of United States Navy ships
- Patrol boat
References- {{DANFS|https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/action.html}}
- NavSource Online: Gunboat Photo Archive – Action (PG 86) ex-HMS Comfrey (K 277) ex-CN-304
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