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AM / MSF-389 Waxwing


Waxwing served the Navies of the United States and the Republic of China

Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 24 May 1944 at American Shipbuilding Co., Lorian, OH; Launched, 10 March 1945; Commissioned USS Waxwing (AM-389), 16 August 1945; Decommissioned, 12 May 1947 at San Francisco, CA; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; Recommissioned, 19 March 1952 at San Diego, CA; Reclassified a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) (MSF-389), 7 February 1955; Decommissioned, 1 May 1957 at Astoria, Oregon; Transferred to Taiwan, 14 October 1965, renamed Chu Yang (PCE-67); Reclassified PCE-867; Chu Yang decommissioned from Taiwanese Navy and struck from the Naval Register, 16 February 1998. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 890 t.; Length 221' 3"; Beam 32'; Draft 10' 9"; Speed 18 kts; Complement 105; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two twin 40mm gun mounts, two single 20mm gun mounts, two depth charge tracks, five depth charge projectiles; Propulsion, two General Motors 12-278A diesel-electric engines, two shafts, 3,530hp.
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