USS ''Notable'' (AM-267) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. She earned two battle stars in service in the Atlantic and the Pacific during the war. In 1946, she was decommissioned and turned over to the

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for service with the

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. Her ultimate fate is unreported in

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Career

''Notable'' was laid down 17 September 1943 by the Gulf Shipbuilding Corp.,

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launched 12 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. John F. Brown and commissioned 23 December 1943. Following a brief

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by way of New Orleans, Louisiana, to Little Creek, Virginia, and service providing minecraft training for pre-commissioning crews, ''Notable'' departed

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, 3 May 1944 for

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, where she took on

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meteorologists and sailed 22 June for Davis Strait. There, the minesweeper took up station as a weather patrol ship, providing North Atlantic convoys with vital weather data for their crossings. On 27 October, she was ordered to Boston, Massachusetts, and then Norfolk for minesweeping training and overhaul. ''Notable'' departed Norfolk in February 1945 for the Pacific sailing via Bermuda, the Panama Canal, and San Diego, California, arriving Pearl Harbor 5 April. After more training, the mine sweeper put out from Pearl, 28 April bound for the Western Pacific; and on 24 May, joined task unit TU 94.19.18 for Okinawa. From 30 May to 4 July 1945, the little ship operated in and around

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on antiaircraft patrols, and then began continuous duty with minesweepers in the

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, sweeping over 100 contact mines in a period of two months and then engaging in occupation duty following the surrender of

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2 September. ''Notable'' continued on sweeping and patrol missions in the Western Pacific. She decommissioned 29 May 1946 and was turned over to the

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at Shanghai, China, where she was simultaneously transferred to the

. Her name in Chinese service and her fate are not reported in

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s. ''Notable'' received 2 battle stars for World War II service

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Notable (AM-267) Admirable-class minesweepers Ships built in Chickasaw, Alabama 1943 ships World War II minesweepers of the United States Ships of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service