On This Day In The Navy:
1942: USS Terror (CM 5), the first minelayer built as such, is commissioned. During World War II she participates in Operation Torch, the Battle for Iwo Jima, and the Okinawa Invasion, where she is struck by a kamikaze on May 1, 1945.
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Terror |
| Builder: | Philadelphia Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 3 September 1940 |
| Launched: | 6 June 1941 |
| Commissioned: | 15 July 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 6 August 1956 |
| Reclassified: | MM-5, 7 February 1955 MMF-5, October 1955 |
| Struck: | 1 November 1970 |
| Honours and awards: | 4 battle stars (WWII) |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Minelayer |
| Displacement: | 5,875 long tons (5,969 t) |
| Length: | 454 ft 10 in (138.63 m) |
| Beam: | 60 ft 2 in (18.34 m) |
| Draft: | 19 ft 7 in (5.97 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × General Electric double-reduction geared steam turbines, 2 shafts, 22,000 shp (16,405 kW) |
| Speed: | 20.3 knots (37.6 km/h; 23.4 mph) |
| Complement: | 481 |
| Armament: | • 4 × 5"/38 caliber guns • 4 × quad 1.1 in (28 mm) guns (replaced by 4 × quad 40 mm guns in May 1943) • 14 × 20 mm guns |
