USS Might (PG-94)
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USS Might (PG-94) was laid down as Canadian corvette CN-312 by Morton Engineering and Drydock Co., Ltd., Quebec, Canada, on 28 November 1941 and launched as HMCS Musk on 15 July 1942. The ship was transferred to the United States Navy
United States Navy
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on 20 July 1942, renamed Might on 14 August 1942, and commissioned at Quebec
Quebec
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on 22 December 1942, Lt. Comdr. J. K. Hartley in command.
Service history
After fitting out and shakedown from BostonBoston
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, Might reported to the Eastern Sea Frontier
Eastern Sea Frontier
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on 10 March 1943 at New York City
New York City
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for convoy escort duty. Sailing primarily to Cuba
Cuba
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and occasionally to Key West
Key West
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, she continued this duty after transferring to the Coast Guard
Coast guard
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on 27 June, Lt. Comdr. J. P. Martin, USCG, in command.
During the next 18 months, Might completed 21 voyages to Cuba and two to Key West. The protection she provided made it possible for this vital coastwise and Caribbean
Caribbean
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traffic to continue despite German
Germany
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submarine
Submarine
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menace and freed larger destroyer
Destroyer
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types for the hunter-killer operations which defeated the U‑boats in the Atlantic. In November 1944, and continuously from 9 January to 1 May 1945, Might served week-long barrier patrols in the western Atlantic.
After anti-submarine exercises out of her Staten Island base, Might arrived Charleston, S.C., on 28 June and decommissioned there on 9 October 1945. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 24 October 1945, and she was delivered to the Maritime Commission on 18 October 1946 for immediate transfer to her purchaser, United Boat Service Corp., City Island, N.Y.
City Island, Bronx
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Post-war
From 1950 to 1956 she was owned as Olympic Explorer by Balleneros Ltd., S.A., PanamaPanama
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, and sailed as a commercial whale chaser. Then sold to a Japanese shipping company, she was renamed Otori Maru No. 3, and in 1957 was renamed Kyo Marti No. 12.