USS Prestige (AMc-97) was an Accentor-class coastal 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.

Following shakedown, Prestige reported to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 11 March 1942, and conducted minesweeping operations in Hawaiian waters in 1942 and 1943.

Upon commissioning 13 December 1944, she commenced her conversion from a coastal minesweeper to a locator of underwater ordnance.

After conversion, she departed Pearl Harbor 8 July 1945 and proceeded via Johnston Island, Majuro, Eniwetok, Saipan and Okinawa to Sasebo, Japan, where she arrived 13 September.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.