| Career | 
|
|---|---|
| Ordered: | As LCIL-1001 |
| Laid down: | 18 April 1944 |
| Launched: | 13 May 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 10 June 1944 |
| Reclassified: | AMCU-36 on 7 March 1952; LSIL-1001 in July 1954 |
| Decommissioned: | Early 1956 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| Struck: | 7 August 1956 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Class: | LCIL-351 |
| Displacement: | 260 tons |
| Length: | 159’ |
| Beam: | 23’8” |
| Draft: | 5’8” |
| Speed: | 14.4 k |
| Complement: | 41 |
| Armament: | 2 20mm |
The USS Partridge was laid down as LCIL-1001 by Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Texas. 18 April 1944; launched 13 May and commissioned 10 June 1944; 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 LSIL-1001 in 1949, she recommissioned in 1950. Based at Norfolk, she served as a training ship for auxiliary minesweeper crews. Scheduled for conversion to a minehunter, she was named USS 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 7 August 1956 and scrapped.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.