USS Seer ( AM - 112 ) USS " Seer " ( AM - 112 / MSF - 112 / MMC - 5 ) was an of the United States Navy that served during World War II and the Korean War , and was sold to Norway in 1962 . " Seer " was laid down on 28 November 1941 by the American Ship Building Company of Lorain , Ohio . Launched on 23 May 1942 , sponsored by Mrs . J . P . Conley , and commissioned on 21 October 1942 , Comdr . Albert F . Block , USNR , in command . Service history . US East Coast , 1942 – 1943 . Following commissioning , " Seer " proceeded from the Great Lakes to Chesapeake Bay for shakedown ; then commenced minesweeping , anti - submarine patrol , and coastal escort work in the 5th Naval District . In April 1943 , her division , Mine Division ( MinDiv ) 16 , joined Task Force 68 at Tompkinsville , New York ; whence , on the 5th , she got underway to escort a convoy to North Africa . Invasion of Sicily and Italy , 1943 . By the end of the month , the convoy had reached Gibraltar . During May and June as the forces scheduled to participate in Operation " Husky " — the invasion of Sicily — gathered in Algerian and Tunisian harbors — " Seer " , now a unit of the 8th Amphibious Force ' s Escort - Sweeper group , escorted ships to Bizerte , Oran , Ghazaouet , and Sousse ; and patrolled off these ports . On 6 July , she joined the " Joss " attack force ; and , on the 9th , she departed for Sicily . The next morning , she arrived off Licata ; and , as the 3rd Infantry Division went ashore , she patrolled on a line four miles off " Red Beach " . On the 11th , she was en route back to Bizerte to join another landing craft convoy and escort it to southern Sicily . By the end of the month , she had brought up another convoy , and Palermo had fallen . In August , she began escorting ships to that port . As the ships offloaded , she added her armament to that protecting the harbor and covering the push to Messina . By mid - month , she had completed a second Bizerte - Palermo run ; and , on the 17th , as Messina fell , she was caught in an air raid and took a small shell or small fragmentation bomb near the after 3 - inch gun . Eight of her crew were injured ; but , by the 19th , she was back at Palermo , whence she proceeded to Licata , Bizerte , and then to Mers El Kébir to prepare for the invasion of the Italian mainland at Salerno . A unit of Task Force 81 , she entered Salerno Bay on 8 September and commenced sweeping the transport area . Through the 11th , she continued sweeping despite interruptions during dive bombing attacks ; then , until the 16th , she performed patrol duties . For the next 10 days , she alternated Sicily - to - Salerno convoy duty with patrol work ; and , on the 26th , she cleared the area to return to North Africa . Repairs alongside followed ; and , in mid - October , she resumed escort work with runs to Naples . Invasion of Southern France , 1944 . " Seer " continued to escort merchant ship and amphibious convoys to Italy into the summer of 1944 when she joined the forces assigned to Operation " Dragoon , " the landings in southern France . Departing Naples on 12 August , she moved toward the French coast ; and , during the pre - dawn hours of the 15th , commenced sweeping the boat lanes leading to " Red Beach " on the Baie de Cavalaire . Further sweeping operations in the assault area and off Toulon and Marseille followed ; and , for almost a month , she escaped damage from German mines and coastal guns . On 10 September , however , she struck a moored contact mine in the Rade d ' Hyères . Three were killed , 20 injured . Hull and engine damage was severe . Emergency repairs were performed at Toulon by the Royal Navy repair ship HM " LSE - 2 " ; and , on 20 September , she was taken in tow by fleet tug for Palermo . Further temporary repairs were completed there on 9 November , when she started back to the United States . Return to the United States . Sailing via Bizerte and Oran , " Seer " arrived at Yorktown , Virginia , on 11 December and began repairs at the Norfolk Navy Yard on the 14th . By mid - March 1945 , the work was completed , and the minesweeper conducted a series of tests off the Virginia coast for the Naval Ordnance Laboratory . During April , she operated off southern Florida . Pacific Fleet , 1945 – 1947 . In early May , she transited the Panama Canal en route to Pearl Harbor where she rejoined her division , now assigned to the Pacific Fleet . Flagship of the division , " Seer " remained in Hawaiian waters until after the end of the war . On 17 August , she headed west to participate in postwar minesweeping operations off Japan , Formosa , and the China coast . On 15 January 1946 , she departed Sasebo for the United States and inactivation . She arrived at San Pedro on 14 February ; remained on the west coast into November ; then got underway for Orange , Texas , where she was decommissioned on 26 April 1947 and berthed with the Atlantic Reserve Fleet . Korean War , 1950 – 1955 . After the outbreak of the Korean War , " Seer " was ordered reactivated . Recommissioned on 8 November 1950 , she joined MinDiv 8 and for the remainder of the war performed training and schoolship duties out of Charleston , South Carolina , conducting periodic tours at Mayport and Panama City , Florida . In January 1954 , she returned to the Mediterranean for a four - month tour with the 6th Fleet . At the end of May , she returned to Charleston to resume operations from that port and from Panama City . On 6 January 1955 , however , she departed Charleston to return to the inactive fleet . Decommissioning and sale . Reclassified MSF - 112 on 7 February 1955 , four days later she was decommissioned and berthed at Green Cove Springs , Florida . The ship was reclassified as a Coastal Minelayer , MMC - 5 , on 31 October 1958 . The conversion to a coastal minelayer began in Norway in September 1960 , and was completed in September 1962 . The ship was transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy on 15 December 1962 and renamed KNM " Uller " ( N 50 ) . " Seer " was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 March 1963 . " Seer " earned six battle stars during World War II .