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Lance (AM 257)


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

Admirable Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 26 October 1942 by the American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, OH.; Launched, 10 April 1943; Commissioned USS Lance (AM 257), 4 November 1943; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Republic of China, 28 August 1945; Renamed Yung Sheng AM 43); Yung Sheng was decommissioned and struck, 1 July 1972. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 625 t.; Length 184' 6"; Beam 33'; Draft 9' 9"; Speed 14.8 kts; Complement 104; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, six single 20mm gun mounts, three depth charge projectiles, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion diesel, twin screws.
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AM-43 238k c. 1949. Seen as Yung Sheng (AM 43). Chinese Navy
AM-43 258k Seen as Yung Sheng (AM 43). Chinese Navy

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