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Prime (AM 279)

Call sign:
Nan - Peter - Zebra - Xray

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

Admirable Class Minesweeper:

Laid down, 15 September 1943 at Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, AL

Launched, 22 January 1944

Commissioned USS Prime (AM 279), 12 September 1944

Decommissioned 29 May 1946 and sold to China at Shanghai, China as Yung Feng (MMC 50)

Decommissioned and struck from the Navy Register 1 May 1973

Fate unknown.

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 and one twin 40mm gun mount, six single 20mm gun mounts, one depth charge thrower (hedgehogs), four depth charge projectiles (K-guns), two depth charge tracks
Propulsion: Two 1,710shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description		Source
	304k	16 June 1945 Norfolk Navy Yard Starboard broadside view U.S. Navy photo 10748(45)		David Buell
	321k	16 June 1945 Norfolk Navy Yard Stern view U.S. Navy photo 10750(45)		David Buell

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DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

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