USS Conflict (AM-85)

History
United States
Name	USS Conflict
Builder	Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon
Launched	18 April 1942
Commissioned	7 September 1942
Renamed	USS PC-1589, 1 June 1944
Decommissioned	31 May 1946
Honours and awards	2 battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Transferred to War Assets Administration, 3 December 1947
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 × 1,770 bhp (1,320 kW) Cooper Bessemer GNB8 diesel engines Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear 2 shafts
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement	65
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal 1 × 40 mm gun

USS Conflict (AM-85) was an Adroit-class minesweeper of the United States Navy. The ship was launched on 18 April 1942 by Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon; and commissioned 7 September 1942.

Clearing Seattle, Washington, 7 December 1942, Conflict called at San Francisco, California, and Pearl Harbor before arriving at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 29 January 1943. From this base she sailed on antisubmarine patrols in the Solomons and escorted convoys throughout the Solomons and the Florida Islands until 2 July 1945.

On 1 June 1944 her name was canceled and her classification changed to PC-1589.

Arriving at Nouméa, New Caledonia 4 July 1945 PC-1589 visited Auckland, New Zealand, from 10 to 21 July, then escorted U.S. Navy crash boats to the Ellice, Wallis, Fiji, and New Hebrides Islands. After the end of the war she remained in New Caledonia serving as pilot ship until 7 March 1946 when she got underway for an overhaul at Pago Pago, Samoa, sailing on to arrive in Pearl Harbor 1 May.

She decommissioned 31 May 1946, and transferred to the War Assets Administration for disposal 3 December 1947.

PC-1589 received two battle stars for World War II service.

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

• Photo gallery of USS Conflict at NavSource Naval History