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Redstart (AM / MSF 378)

Redstart served the Navies of the United States and Taiwan
Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 14 June 1944 by the Savannah Machine & Foundry Co., Savannah, GA; Launched, 18 October 1944; Commissioned USS Redstart (AM 378), 4 April 1945; Decommissioned, 26 November 1946 at Long Beach, CA; Recommissioned, 1 December 1950; Redesignated Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) MSF-378, 1 March 1955; Decommissioned, 15 March 1957 at Astoria, OR; Transferred to Taiwan, 25 July 1963 and commissioned Wu Sheng (PCE 66); Redesignated PCE-866; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 April 1965; Decommissioned in Taiwanese Navy, 16 February 1998; Struck from the Taiwanese Naval Register, 26 February 1998. Fate unknown. Redstart earned one battle star for World War II service and five for service during the Korean War.
Specifications: Displacement 1,250 t.(lt); Length 221' 1"; Beam 32' 2"; Draft 10' 9"; Complement 117; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 40mm, eight 20mm; Propulsion, two General Motors 12-278A diesel engines, twin screws, 3,530hp.
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