On 1 March 1973, Cruise was purchased by Beaufort Fisheries, Inc., Beaufort, North Carolina, and converted to a menhaden fisherman and renamed Gregory Poole, official number 558835.
^"Delaware Reef Guide 2009–2010" (PDF). Delaware Dept. of Natural Resources & Environmental Control (DNREC). Retrieved 13 August 2011.
^"Newest artificial reef – called Del-Jersey-Land – originates with sinking of decommissioned minesweeper". DNREC. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
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Photo gallery of Cruise at NavSource Naval History
January 01, 1970
cruise, admirable, class, minesweeper, built, navy, during, world, built, clear, minefields, offshore, waters, served, navy, pacific, ocean, history, name, buildertampa, shipbuilding, company, laid, down7, december, 1942, launched21, march, 1943, commissioned2. USS Cruise AM MSF 215 was an Admirable class minesweeper built for the U S Navy during World War II She was built to clear minefields in offshore waters and served the Navy in the Pacific Ocean History NameUSS Cruise BuilderTampa Shipbuilding Company Laid down7 December 1942 Launched21 March 1943 Commissioned21 September 1945 Decommissioned5 September 1946 ReclassifiedMSF 215 7 February 1955 Stricken1 July 1972 IdentificationIMO number 7613715 FateSold 1 March 1973 converted to a menhaden fisherman and renamed Gregory Poole intentionally sunk off Delaware Bay on 10 December 2007 General characteristics Class and typeAdmirable class minesweeper Displacement650 tons Length184 ft 6 in 56 24 m Beam33 ft 10 m Draft9 ft 9 in 2 97 m Propulsion2 ALCO 539 diesel engines 1 710 shp 1 3 MW Farrel Birmingham single reduction gear 2 shafts Speed14 8 knots 27 4 km h Complement104 Armament1 3 50 caliber gun DP 2 twin Bofors 40 mm guns 1 Hedgehog anti submarine mortar 2 Depth charge tracks She was launched 21 March 1943 by Tampa Shipbuilding Co Inc Tampa Florida completed by Charleston Navy Yard and commissioned 21 September 1945 Lieutenant S F Luce USNR in command Cruise visited New York between 19 December 1945 and 5 January 1946 then sailed by way of Guantanamo Bay Cuba the Panama Canal Zone and Salina Cruz Mexico for San Pedro Los Angeles arriving 3 February Originally destined for Pearl Harbor she was ordered back to the east coast sailing 20 March and arriving at Galveston Texas 22 April Sailing on to Philadelphia Pennsylvania Cruise was placed out of commission in reserve there on 5 September 1946 She was reclassified MSF 215 on 7 February 1955 On 1 July 1972 she was struck from the Navy List MV Gregory Poole editOn 1 March 1973 Cruise was purchased by Beaufort Fisheries Inc Beaufort North Carolina and converted to a menhaden fisherman and renamed Gregory Poole official number 558835 On 10 December 2007 the Gregory Poole was scuttled off the coast of Delaware onto the Del Jersey Land Inshore Reef site 38 30 9 N 74 30 6 W 38 5150 N 74 5100 W 38 5150 74 5100 MV Gregory Poole 1 to help form an artificial reef 2 References editThis article incorporates text from the public domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships The entry can be found here Delaware Reef Guide 2009 2010 PDF Delaware Dept of Natural Resources amp Environmental Control DNREC Retrieved 13 August 2011 Newest artificial reef called Del Jersey Land originates with sinking of decommissioned minesweeper DNREC Retrieved 13 August 2011 External links editPhoto gallery of Cruise at NavSource Naval History Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title USS Cruise amp oldid 1149652698, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
