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Pledge (AM 277)



Call sign:
Nan - Peter - Yoke - Yoke

Sunk 10 October 1950
Admirable Class Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 1 July 1943 by Gulf Shipbuilding Co., Chickasaw, AL
  • Launched, 23 December 1943
  • Commissioned 29 July 1944
  • Struck a mine and sank, 10 October 1950 off Wonsan, 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 projectiles (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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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Pivot 93k 11 November 1943
    Launching Pivot (AM 276) with Pledge on the ways behind her
    U.S. Navy photo from the Naval History and Heritage Command    		 Robert Hurst
    Pirate 97k 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 (Pirate was actually sunk 2 days after Pledge on 12 October 1950). David Bruhn
    Commanding Officers
    01LT Thomas Knotts, USN29 July 1944
    02LT Richard Orion Young, USN1950 - 10 October 1950
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    View the Pledge (AM 277)
    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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