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Buoyant (AM-153)

Call sign: November - Echo - Xray - Delta

ex-AMc-130

Buoyant served the Navies of the United States and the Republic of China.

Admirable Class Minesweeper: Originally planned as the Coastal Minesweeper, Buoyant (AMc 130); Reclassified as a Minesweeper, AM-153, 21 February 1942; Laid down, 15 April 1942 by the Willamette Iron and Steel Corp., Portland, OR; Launched, 24 November 1942; Commissioned Buoyant (AM 153), 30 September 1943; Decommissioned, 29 May 1946 at Shanghai, China and sold by the Office of Foreign Liquidation Commission the same day for transfer to the Republic of China. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 650 t.; Length 184' 6"; Beam 33'; Draft 9' 9"; Speed 14.8 kts; Complement 104; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, one depth charge thrower (hedgehogs), two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two 1,710shp ALCO 539 diesel engines, Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear, two shafts.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	33k	11 June 1944		Hyperwar U.S. Navy in WWII
	55k	c. May 1946. LCI-195, Buoyant, Elusive (AM 225), and Delegate (AM 217) on the Whangpoo River, Shanghai, China		Michael B. Kirby

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