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USS Inaugural (AM-242)

1944 ships1968 establishments in Missouri1968 establishments in the United States1993 disestablishments in MissouriAdmirable-class minesweepers
Former National Historic Landmarks of the United StatesFormer National Register of Historic Places in MissouriMuseums established in 1968Ships built in Winslow, WashingtonShipwrecks of the Mississippi RiverWorld War II minesweepers of the United States
USS Inaugural WWII
USS Inaugural WWII

USS Inaugural (AM-242) was an Admirable-class fleet minesweeper. The Admirable class was the largest and one of the most successful classes of U.S. minesweepers ordered during World War II. Inaugural was launched on 1 October 1944 and commissioned less than three months later. After seeing combat in the Pacific Theater, she was decommissioned in 1946 and spent two decades in mothballs. In 1968, she was set up as a museum ship in St. Louis, Missouri. In the flood of 1993, Inaugural was ripped from her mooring, ran aground, and rolled on her side a mile downstream. As of December 2017, the hulk was still sitting on the Missouri side of the river. In the Fall 2021, a historic low level of the Mississippi River allowed the hulk to become visible.

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