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Pirate (AM-275)



Call sign:
Nan - Peter - Xray - Love

Sunk 12 October 1950
Admirable Class Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 1 July 1943 by Gulf Shipbuilding Co., Chickasaw, AL
  • Launched, 16 December 1943
  • Commissioned 16 June 1944
  • Decommissioned, 6 November 1946 at Bremerton, Washington
  • Assigned to Service Force, Pacific Fleet in December 1947 in Japanese waters in caretaker status, out of service, in reserve
  • Recommissioned, 14 August 1950 at Yokosuka, Japan
  • Sunk by mine, 12 October 1950 off Pusan, Korea.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 945 t.(fl)
  • Length 184' 6"
  • Beam 33'
  • Draft 9' 9"
  • Speed 14.8 kts.
  • Complement 104
  • Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose mount, one twin 40mm gun mount, six single 20mm gun mounts, one depth charge thrower (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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    Pirate 31k - USS Pivot Web Site and Lucy Howell
    Pirate 60k - Hyperwar U.S. Navy in WWII
    Pirate 31k - .
    Pirate 249k Painting by Richard DeRosset titled "Hidden Menace at Sin-Do Island," used in the book Wooden Ships and Iron Men: The U.S. Navy's Coastal & Motor Minesweepers, 1941-1953 by David Bruhn. USS Pledge (AM 277), which thereafter also suffered a mine strike and was sunk, is shown in the background Original photo: David Bruhn
    Replacement photo: Bill Gonyo
    View the Pirate (AM-275)
    DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
    Photos of the sinking of USS Pirate (AM-275), 12 October 1950
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