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Embattle (AM 226)



Call sign: November - Delta - Bravo - Lima



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

Admirable Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 6 April 1944 by the American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, OH; Launched, 17 September 1944; Commissioned USS Embattle (AM 226), 25 April 1945; Decommissioned, 29 May 1946 at Shanghai, China and turned over to the Chinese Maritime Commission from the Foreign Liquidation Commission of the State Department; Renamed Yung Hsing (A 7); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 650 t., (945 t. full load); Length 180 (wl); Beam 33'; Draft 8.5'; Speed 18 kts; Complement 82; Minesweeping gear, "O" type (Oropesa), magnetic, and acoustic hammers; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, six twin 20mm gun mounts, two .50 cal. machine guns, two K-guns, two depth charge tracks, one Hedge Hog; Propulsion two eight cylinder Cooper Bessemer direct drive diesel engines, two shafts.


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Embattle 441k c. 1944
Precommissioning Crew. Stern of ship seen behind is believed to be Tercel (AM 386)
Fred Scripture
Embattle 55k . Fred Scripture
Embattle 63k Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken in 1945-1946.
Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1974.
US Navy Photo NH 81366
Naval Historical Center
Embattle 95k Embattle's scoreboard. Fred Scripture
Embattle 86k c. 1946, Shanghai, China
Decommissioning crew.
Fred Scripture
Yung Hsing 36k Yung Hsing (A 7) Chinese Navy

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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