History
United States
Name	USS Firm
Builder	Penn-Jersey Corporation, Camden, New Jersey
Laid down	21 October 1941
Launched	29 May 1942
Commissioned	10 April 1943
Renamed	USS PC-1602, 1 June 1944
Renamed	USS PCC-1602, 1 August 1945
Fate	Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 15 June 1948
General characteristics
Class and type	Adroit-class minesweeper
Displacement	295 long tons (300 t)
Length	173 ft 8 in (52.93 m)
Beam	23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft	11 ft 7 in (3.53 m)
Propulsion	2 × 1,440 bhp (1,074 kW) Busch-Sulzer BS 539 diesel engines (Serial Nos. BS1145 & BS1146) Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear 2 shafts
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h)
Complement	65
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 1 × 40 mm gun

USS Firm (AM-98) was an Adroit-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. Laid down on 21 October 1941 by the Penn-Jersey Corp., Camden, New Jersey, launched on 29 May 1942, and commissioned on 10 April 1943. The vessel was reclassified as a submarine chaser PC-1602 on 1 June 1944; it was later reclassified as a control submarine chaser PCC-1602 on 1 August 1945. Very little information is available about the activities of this vessel while operating as a submarine chaser. PC-1602 was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 15 June 1948, and sold to Walter H. Wilms. Fate unknown.

References

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

External links

• Photo gallery of USS Firm (AM-98)/PC-1602/PCC-1602 at NavSource Naval History
• Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945 PC-1602 (USS Firm)