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Quest (AM 281)

Call sign:
Nan - Queen - Fox - George

Quest served the Navies of the United States and the Philippines.

Admirable Class Minesweeper:

Laid down, 24 November 1943 at Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, AL

Launched, 16 March 1944

Commissioned USS Quest (AM 281), 25 October 1944

Decommissioned, 2 May 1946

Struck from the Navy Register 29 September 1947

Transferred to the Philippines 2 July 1948

Designated as the Presidential Yacht and renamed APO-21

Renamed Pagasa

Reclassified as a Patrol Corvette and renamed Santa Maria

Renamed Mount Samat (TK 21)

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
USS Quest (AM 281)
	294k	c. November 1944	Ed Zajkowski
RPS APO-21
	53k	c. 1952 APO-21	Robert Hurst
RPS Santa Maria
	74k	c. 1956 Santa Maria - Philippine Navy photo from the 1956/1957 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships	Robert Hurst
RPS Mount Samat (TK 21)
	111k	Mount Samat (TK 21) U.S. Navy photo by G. Arra	Joe Radigan
	53k	c. 1965	Robert Hurst

Commanding Officers
01	LT John Thomas Riley, Jr., USNR	25 October 1944 - 16 September 1945
02	LT Robert Randolph Garnett, USNR	16 September 1945 - 23 November 1945
03	LTJG Frederick Ralph Barnes, USNR	23 November 1945 - 11 April 1946


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

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DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Website

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Naval Minewarfare Association
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