USAS ''Report'' (AGP-289) was an built for the

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during

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as USS ''Report'' (AM-289). Although completed in July 1945, before the end of hostilities, she was placed in reserve and never commissioned into the U.S. Navy. She was reclassified as ''MSF-289'' in February 1955, but remained in reserve until she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register in 1963. She was transferred to the

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and served

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from 1963 to 1967 as a motor torpedo boat tender. ''Report'' was returned to U.S. Navy custody and loaned to South Korea. As ROKS ''Kojin'' (PCE-50) in

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service, she served through 1970 and was scrapped in 1973.

Career

''Report'' was laid down at the

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of Alameda, California, on 14 December 1943. She was launched on 8 August 1944, completed, and delivered to the U.S. Navy on 12 July 1945. Since the ship's construction was completed just before the end of World War II, she was found to be redundant and ''Report'' was never commissioned. She was reclassified as ''MSF-289'' on 7 February 1955 while in reserve. She was struck from the

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1 April 1963. After being struck by the Navy, she was loaned to the U.S. Army and reclassified by the Army as a Motor Torpedo Boat Tender, USAS ''Report'' (AGP-289). She was operated in Korean waters as the mother ship to a small flotilla of boats operated under the auspices of

. Comments by ex-crew members during this period are found a
"Report 1966–1967"
She was returned to U.S. Navy custody in early 1967, and then transferred to South Korea, on loan, as ''Kojin'' (PCE-50). She served that country into 1970 and was scrapped in 1973.

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Report (AGP-289) Admirable-class minesweepers Ships built in Alameda, California 1944 ships World War II minesweepers of the United States Ships of the United States Army Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Republic of Korea Navy