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{{Short description|Admirable-class minesweeper}}
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|Ship name=USS ''Cruise''
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|Ship laid down= 7 December 1942
|Ship launched= 21 March 1943
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|Ship commissioned= 21 September 1945
|Ship decommissioned= 5 September 1946
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|Ship reclassified= MSF-215, 7 February 1955
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|Ship struck=1 July 1972
|Ship identification={{IMO Number|7613715}}
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|Ship fate=*Sold 1 March 1973, converted to a [[menhaden]] fisherman and renamed ''Gregory Poole'';
*intentionally sunk off [[Delaware Bay]] on 10 December 2007.
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|Ship class={{sclass|Admirable|minesweeper}}
|Ship displacement=650 tons 
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|Ship propulsion=*2 × ALCO 539 [[diesel engine]]s, 1,710 shp (1.3 MW)
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|Ship armament=*1 × [[3"/50 caliber gun]] DP
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'''USS ''Cruise'' (AM/MSF-215)''' was an [[Admirable class minesweeper|''Admirable''-class]] [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweeper]] built for the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] during [[World War II]]. She was built to clear minefields in offshore waters, and served the Navy in the [[Pacific Ocean]].

She was launched 21 March 1943 by [[Tampa Shipbuilding]] Co., Inc., [[Tampa, Florida]]; completed by [[Charleston Navy Yard]]; and commissioned 21 September 1945, Lieutenant S.&nbsp;F. Luce, [[United States Navy Reserve|USNR]], in command.

Cruise visited [[New York City|New York]] between 19 December 1945 and 5 January 1946, then sailed by way of [[Guantanamo Bay, Cuba]]; the [[Panama Canal Zone]]; and [[Salina Cruz]], Mexico, for [[San Pedro, Los Angeles]], arriving 3 February.
Originally destined for [[Pearl Harbor]], she was ordered back to the [[U.S. East Coast|east coast]], sailing 20 March and arriving at [[Galveston, Texas]], 22 April.
Sailing on to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], ''Cruise'' was placed out of commission in reserve there on 5 September 1946. She was reclassified '''MSF-215''' on 7 February 1955. On 1 July 1972 she was struck from the [[Navy List]].

== MV ''Gregory Poole'' ==
On 1 March 1973, ''Cruise'' was purchased by Beaufort Fisheries, Inc., [[Beaufort, North Carolina]], and converted to a [[menhaden]] fisherman and renamed ''Gregory Poole'', official number 558835.

On 10 December 2007, the ''Gregory Poole'' was scuttled off the coast of [[Delaware]] onto the Del-Jersey-Land Inshore Reef site ({{coord|38|30.9|N|74|30.6|W |type:landmark_region:US_dim:70km |display=inline,title |name= MV Gregory Poole |notes=<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/fw/Fisheries/Documents/2009-10%20Delaware%20reef%20guide.pdf | title= Delaware Reef Guide 2009–2010 |publisher= Delaware Dept. of Natural Resources & Environmental Control (DNREC) |access-date= 13 August 2011 }}</ref>}}), to help form an [[artificial reef]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url= http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/fw/Fisheries/Pages/DelJerseyLandReef.aspx 
 |title= Newest artificial reef – called Del-Jersey-Land – originates with sinking of decommissioned minesweeper
 |publisher= DNREC 
 |access-date= 13 August 2011 }}</ref>

== References ==
{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c15/cruise.htm}}
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== External links ==
* {{navsource|11/02215|Cruise}}

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[[Category:Admirable-class minesweepers]]
[[Category:World War II mine warfare vessels of the United States]]
[[Category:Ships built in Tampa, Florida]]
[[Category:1943 ships]]
[[Category:Ships sunk as artificial reefs]]