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AM / MSF-118 Steady


Steady served the Navies of the United States and Taiwan

Auk Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 17 November 1941at American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, OH; Launched, 6 June 1942; Commissioned USS Steady (AM 118), 16 November 1942; Decommissioned, 18 June 1946 at San Diego, CA; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group; Reclassified Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) (MSF-118), 7 February 1955; Struck from the Naval Register, 18 February 1968; Transferred to Taiwan and commissioned Ping Jin (PCE-70), 30 May 1968; Redesignated PCE-870; Sunk, 1970.

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 engines, two shafts, 3,530 hp.
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Steady 79k 20 November 1942
USN Photo NH 89415
Naval Historical Center
Steady 81k 20 November 1942
USN Photo NH 89416
Naval Historical Center
Steady 133k Off Sicily, 12 July 1943
USN Photo 80-G-215098
Naval Historical Center
am-114 95k Moored San Diego or San Pedro, CA. c. 1946
From left to right:
Strive (AM-117),
Sustain (AM-119),
Steady (AM-118), and
Staff (AM-114).
USN Photo NH 79735
Naval Historical Center
Ping Jin 64k Seen here as Ping Jin (PCE 870) -

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