USS Goldfinch (AM-77)
 USS Goldfinch (AM-77) was a minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.Goldfinch was built as trawler Fordham in 1929 by Bath Iron Works of Bath Maine and purchased by the Navy 18 September 1940 from F. J. O'Hara & Sons Inc. Boston Massachusetts. She was converted to a minesweeper at Bethlehem Atlantic Yard Boston and commissioned at Boston Navy Yard 30 January 1941 Lt. Comdr. W. R.