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Pinnacle (AM 274)


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

Admirable Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 1 February 1943 at Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, AL.; Launched, 11 September 1943; Commissioned USS Pinnacle (AM 274), 24 May 1944; Decommissioned, 9 October 1946 at Sasebo, Japan and placed in reserve; Transferred, 15 June 1948 to the Nationalist Chinese Navy and renamed Yung Hsiu (MSF 48); Yung Hsiu decommissioned and struck, July 1972. Fate unknown. Pinnacle received two battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 540 t.(lt), 795 t.(fl); Length 184' 6"; Beam 33'; Draft 9' 9"; Speed 15 kts; Complement 104; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, six single 20mm gun mounts, one depth charge thrower (hedgehogs), four depth charge projectiles (k-guns), two depth charge tracks; Propulsion, diesel-electric, twin shafts, 1,800shp.
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MSF-48 12k Yung Hsiu (MSF 48) Chinese Navy

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