USS Prime (AM-279)

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History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameUSS Prime (AM-279)
BuilderGulf Shipbuilding Company
Laid down15 September 1943
Launched22 January 1944
Commissioned12 September 1944
Decommissioned29 May 1946
FateSold to the Republic of China, 1946
Stricken1 May 1973
History
Flag of the Republic of China.svgTaiwan
NameROCS Yung Feng (MMC-50)
Acquired1946
FateUnknown
General characteristics
Class and type Admirable-classminesweeper
Displacement
  • 650 tons
  • 945 tons (full load)
Length184 ft 6 in (56.24 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draft9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, 1,710 shp
  • National Supply Co. single reduction gear
  • 2 shafts
Speed14.8 knots (27.4 km/h)
Complement104
Armament
Service record
Part of: US Pacific Fleet (1945-1946)

USS Prime (AM-279) was laid down 15 September 1943 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Alabama, launched 22 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. L. W. Thompson, and commissioned 12 September 1944.

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World War II Pacific Theatre operations

Following shakedown off the east coast, USS Prime reported to Service Force Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, 1 December 1944. After duty off Bermuda and the east coast, she arrived at the Panama Canal Zone, and reported for duty to the U.S. Pacific Fleet 12 July 1945. In September, while at Okinawa, she was assigned to the Reserve Fleet. Following a change of assignment from the 19th to the U.S. 16th Fleet, she was marked expendable in March 1946. Demilitarized, she steamed to Shanghai, China.

End-of-war deactivation

Prime was decommissioned 29 May 1946 and sold to China at Shanghai, China as Yung Feng (MMC-50) (Republic of China Navy), decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register 1 May 1973. Fate unknown.

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References

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