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Nimble (AM 266)



Call sign: November - Papa - Quebec - Sierra



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

Admirable Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 2 August 1943 by the American Ship Building Co., Lorain, OH.; Launched, 24 December 1943; Commissioned USS Nimble (AM 266), 15 September 1944; Decommissioned, 10 October 1946 at Subic Bay, Philippines; Transferred to the Republic of China, 30 June 1948; Struck from the Naval Register, 13 July 1948; Stripped and decommissioned, late 1950s. 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, two shafts.
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