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Project (AM 278)


Project served the Navies of the United States and the Philippines.

Admirable Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 1 July 1943 at Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, AL; Launched, 20 November 1943; Commissioned USS Project (AM 278), 22 August 1944; Decommissioned, 13 June 1946 at Subic Bay, Philippines; Struck from the Naval Register, 16 September 1947; Transferred to the Philippines, 24 May 1948 and renamed Samar (M 33); Reclassified a Patrol Corvette PS-33. (date unknown). Fate unknown. Project received one battle star for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 850 t.; Length 184' 6"; Beam 33'; Draft 9' 9"; Speed 15 kts; Complement 104; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount; Propulsion, diesel-electric, twin screws, 1,800 shp.
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