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Implicit (AM 246)


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

Admirable Class Minesweeper: Laid down, (date unknown) by the Savannah Machine and Foundry Co., Savannah, GA.; Launched, 6 September 1943; Commissioned USS Implicit (AM 246), 20 January 1944; Decommissioned, 16 November 1946 at Subic Bay, Philippines; Transferred to the Republic of China, 15 June 1948 and renamed Yung Chia (MSF 47); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Yung Chia decommissioned, August 1970 and was struck. Fate unknown. Implicit 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, two Cooper Bessemer diesel-electric engines, twin screws, 1,800shp.
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