USS Revenge ( AM - 110 ) USS " Revenge " ( AM - 110 ) was a World War II - era in the service of the United States Navy . It was the sixth United States vessel named " Revenge " . " Revenge " was laid down as " Right " on 19 June 1942 by Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Company , Seattle , Washington ; launched on 7 November 1942 ; renamed " Revenge " 15 May 1943 ; and commissioned on 21 July 1943 , with Commander F . F . Sima in command . Service history . Marshall and Gilbert Islands campaign . After outfitting at Puget Sound Navy Yard , " Revenge " underwent shakedown out of San Pedro and San Diego , California . She departed on 13 October 1943 for further training in the Hawaiian Islands , and on 10 November she set course for Makin Island , the Gilberts , arriving two days later . After two days of minesweeping , she commenced anti - submarine patrol off Makin and Tarawa . Following Christmas and training at Pearl Harbor , " Revenge " sailed for Kwajalein Atoll and commenced minesweeping operations on 13 January 1944 . For a brief period following the invasion , she alternated between antisubmarine patrol and harbor entrance control . From the end of February through mid - May , she was utilized as an escort vessel , travelling between the Marshalls , the Gilberts and the Hawaiian Islands . She then returned to the west coast . Philippines campaign . Upon completion of a short availability at Mare Island Navy Yard , " Revenge " again commenced escort duty out of Pearl Harbor . September brought the resumption of training exercises , this time at Hilo , after which she sailed for Manus , the Admiralties . On 11 October she headed for the Philippines and the invasion of Leyte . The weather was exceedingly rough and , the night before the initial sweep , 20 foot seas were running . In spite of the weather , Mine Division 13 ( of which " Revenge " was a unit ) entered Leyte Gulf at daybreak with gear streamed . No navigational plots could be kept , nor could the ships remain on stations as the weather had reached typhoon intensity . No enemy action was observed , but activities were made hazardous by the abundance of floating mines and the difficulties involved in maneuvering the craft . Weather abated somewhat the next day and sweeping operations were earned out in a more normal fashion . After six days " Revenge " was credited with the destruction of nearly 70 mines . Once the beachhead was secured and the anchorage made safe , the division continued clearance sweeps around Homonhon and Samar . On 27 November , and " Revenge " made an exploratory sweep on the western side of Leyte . " Revenge " was scheduled to participate in the invasion of Luzon early in January 1945 , but , because of a damaged propeller shaft , she was ordered to Pearl Harbor for repairs . In February she was again assigned convoy duty , this time out of Ulithi , Western Carolines . Then , on 19 March she got underway with some 70 other minecraft for the invasion of Okinawa . Okinawa invasion . No early difficulties were encountered off Okinawa by " Revenge " . She operated just off the invasion beaches , where strong tides caused some anxiety and these very tides caused to drift into unswept waters 28 March , where she struck a mine and sank . In the attendant rescue operations , " Revenge " cleared a path to one side of " Skylark " while cleared a path to the other . Rescue work was so efficient that only five men died in the stricken minesweeper , and they were killed in the initial explosion . For 76 days " Revenge " remained on patrol off Okinawa . In March her gunners detected and sank a Japan ese suicide boat as it attempted to run in under cover of darkness . Late in June relief was assigned and " Revenge " called at Guam for two weeks of availability . Post - war operations . In July " Revenge " returned to Okinawa , but soon departed with a small minesweeping group for the East China Sea . Then , on 27 August , " Revenge " went alongside to take aboard a Japanese pilot for the sweep of Tokyo Bay . The next morning " Revenge " led the group into Tokyo Bay . There was a fairly wide channel , and safe anchorages were quickly charted for the rest of the fleet . The minesweepers then shifted operations to the coastline . After a month of such operations and some additional time in Tokyo Bay , the minesweepers were ordered to Sasebo . Operations out of Sasebo took " Revenge " and her sisters into the East China Sea and the Straits of Formosa . She spent Christmas of 1945 in Shanghai , and in January 1946 returned Sasebo . In mid - January she sailed for San Pedro , California , and from there through the Panama Canal for Charleston , South Carolina , for inactivation overhaul . Following inactivation on 18 March 1947 she was assigned to the Texas Group , Atlantic Reserve Fleet , Orange , Texas . Second commission , 1951 – 1955 . Recommissioned on 14 February 1951 " Revenge " provided training services along the east coast as well as in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico . Reclassified MSF - 110 on 7 March 1955 , she decommissioned two days later and was assigned to the Florida Group , Atlantic Reserve Fleet , at Green Cove Springs , Florida . Decommissioning and sale . In 1961 " Revenge " was transferred to the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility , Orange , Texas , where she remained until struck from the Navy list on 1 November 1966 . She was sold for scrap in May 1967 . " Revenge " earned six battle star s during World War II .