USS Prime (AM-279)

History
United States
Name	USS Prime (AM-279)
Builder	Gulf Shipbuilding Company
Laid down	15 September 1943
Launched	22 January 1944
Commissioned	12 September 1944
Decommissioned	29 May 1946
Fate	Sold to the Republic of China, 1946
Stricken	1 May 1973
History
Taiwan
Name	ROCS Yung Feng (MMC-50)
Acquired	1946
Fate	Unknown
General characteristics
Class & type	Admirable-class minesweeper
Displacement	650 tons; 945 tons (full load);
Length	184 ft 6 in (56.24 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draft	9 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;
Speed	14.8 knots (27.4 km/h)
Complement	104
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun DP; 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns; 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon; 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar; 4 × Depth charge projectors (K-guns); 2 × Depth charge racks;
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.

History

United States
Name	USS Prime (AM-279)
Builder	Gulf Shipbuilding Company
Laid down	15 September 1943
Launched	22 January 1944
Commissioned	12 September 1944
Decommissioned	29 May 1946
Fate	Sold to the Republic of China, 1946
Stricken	1 May 1973
History
Taiwan
Name	ROCS Yung Feng (MMC-50)
Acquired	1946
Fate	Unknown
General characteristics
Class & type	Admirable-class minesweeper
Displacement	650 tons 945 tons (full load)
Length	184 ft 6 in (56.24 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draft	9 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
Speed	14.8 knots (27.4 km/h)
Complement	104
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun DP 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 4 × Depth charge projectors (K-guns) 2 × Depth charge racks
Service record
Part of:	US Pacific Fleet (1945-1946)