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Magnet (AM 260)


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

Admirable Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 13 March 1943 by the American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, OH.; Launched, 5 June 1943; Commissioned USS Magnet (AM 260), 10 March 1944; Decommissioned, 28 August 1945 at Miami, FL; Transferred to the Republiv of China, 28 August 1945 and renamed Yung Shun (MSF 46); Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1948; Yung Shun decommissioned, 1 March 1958; Struck, 1 March 1956. 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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