Книга: USS Amick (DE-168): Destroyer Escort, Cannon Class Destroyer Escort, World War II, Submarine, Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, United States Marine Corps

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Amick (DE-168) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and then the Pacific Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.She was laid down on 30 November 1942 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newark, New Jersey launched on 27 May 1943 sponsored by Mrs. Mary R. Amick, widow of Ens. Amick, who died at Guadalcanal and for whom the ship was named and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 26 July 1943, Lt. Comdr. Francis C. B. McCune in command.