HMS ''Strenuous'' (J338) was a of the

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. Originally planned as USS ''Vital'' (AM-129), of the

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's , she was transferred to the United Kingdom under

Lend-Lease Lend-Lease, formally the Lend-Lease Act and introduced as An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States (),3,000 Hurricanes and >4,000 other aircraft) * 28 naval vessels: ** 1 Battleship. (HMS Royal Sovereign (05), HMS Royal Sovereign) * ...

Career

''Vital'' was laid down on 1 January 1942 at

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, by the

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Corp.; launched on 7 September 1942; sponsored by Miss E. Herrmann; and completed on 18 May 1943. Turned over to the

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under provisions of the

lend-lease Lend-Lease, formally the Lend-Lease Act and introduced as An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States (),3,000 Hurricanes and >4,000 other aircraft) * 28 naval vessels: ** 1 Battleship. (HMS Royal Sovereign (05), HMS Royal Sovereign) * ...

agreement, ''Vital'' was renamed HMS ''Strenuous'' (J.338), and subsequently served in the

for the duration of

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. Returned to the United States Government after the war, on 10 December 1946, the ship resumed her former classification, AM-129, but not her former name. She was carried on the

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as USS ''Strenuous'' (AM-129), and in the 1 January 1947 edition of the Naval Vessel Register merely as AM-129. She was declared surplus on 23 April 1947 and sold by the

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's Foreign Liquidation Commission to a foreign purchaser. She served in the merchant service until she was broken up for scrap in Germany in July 1956.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Strenuous (J338) Catherine-class minesweepers Ships built in Chickasaw, Alabama 1942 ships World War II minesweepers of the United Kingdom