Uss serenity symbol
The ship swept mines during the day and served as antisubmarine and " E-boat" patrol at night. She arrived off the beaches on 8 September and streamed her sweep gear at 2245 hours to clear the inshore transport area.
Two days later, the minesweeper was assigned to Task Force (TF) 81 for the pre-invasion sweeps of Salerno. The convoy arrived at Oran, Algeria, on 3 September. Symbol was assigned to escort convoy UGS-15 to North Africa, and it sortied on 16 August. She remained at Norfolk from 30 July to mid-August. She arrived at Reykjavík on the 31st and operated there until 22 July when she got underway to return to Norfolk. The minesweeper stood out of Norfolk on 20 March en route to Iceland for duty. On the 17th, she escorted Monadnock (ACM-10) to Boston, Massachusetts, and returned to Norfolk, Virginia.
Symbol sailed to Charleston, South Carolina, to complete outfitting from 6 to 26 January 1943 and then sailed to Key West, Florida, to hold her shakedown cruise which ended at Norfolk, Virginia, on 9 February. Mingledorf and commissioned on 10 December 1942. Symbol was laid down on 18 November 1941 by the Savannah Machinery and Foundry Co., Savannah, Georgia launched on 2 July 1942 sponsored by Mrs. USS Symbol (AM-123) was an Auk-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. Savannah Machinery and Foundry Co., Savannah, Georgia