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Magnet (AM 260)

Call sign:
November - Golf - Tango - Whiskey

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

Admirable Class Minesweeper:

Laid down 13 March 1943 by the American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, OH

Launched 5 June 1943

Commissioned USS Magnet (AM 260), 10 March 1944

Decommissioned, 28 August 1945 at Miami, FL, transferred to the Republic of China and renamed Yung Shun (MSF 46)

Transferred outright to the Republic of China 7 February 1948

Struck from the Naval Register 12 March 1948

Removed from service in 1963 and believed scrapped.

Specifications:

Displacement 945 t. (fl)

Length 184' 6"

Beam 33'

Draft 9' 9"

Speed 14.8 kts.

Complement 104

Armament: One 3"/50 cal. dual purpose mount, one twin 40mm gun mount, six 20mm gun mounts, one depth charge projector (hedgehogs), four depth charge projectors (K-guns), and two depth charge tracks

Propulsion: Two 1,710shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts.

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110225510	2.29k	The Magnet (AM-260) was built in the American Ship Building Company yards in Lorain, Ohio.	Photo courtesy of theshipyards.com

Commanding Officers
01	LT Herbert Albert Babione, USNR	10 March 1944 - 28 August 1945


Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler, Ron Reeves and R. A. Moody

View the Magnet (AM 260)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Website

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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