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AMc-130 / AM-153 Buoyant

Call sign: November - Echo - Xray - Delta

Buoyant served the Navies of the United States and the Republic of China.
Admirable Class Minesweeper: Originally planned as a Coastal Minesweeper Buoyant (AMc 130) was reclassified as a Minesweeper AM-153, 21 February 1942; Laid down, 15 April 1942 by the Willamette Iron and Steel Corp., Portland, OR; Launched, 24 November 1942; Commissioned, 30 September 1943; Decommissioned, 29 May 1946 at Shanghai and sold by the Office of Foreign Liquidation Commission the same day for transfer to the Republic of China; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 650 t.; Length 184' 6"; Beam 93'; Draft 9' 9"; Speed 14.8 kts; Complement 104; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, one depth charge thrower (hedgehogs), two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two 1,710 shp ALCO diesel engines, two shafts.
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LCI-195, Buoyant, Elusive (AM 225), and Delegate (AM 217) on the Whangpoo River, Shanghai, China c. May 1946.
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