USS ''Pivot'' (AM-276), an , and the first ship of the United States Navy named Pivot. She was built at the
Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation,
Chickasaw, Alabama
Chickasaw is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 6,457, up from 6,106 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Mobile metropolitan area.
History
Company town
In the early 20th century bef ...
and christened on 11 November 1943 by Mrs Clara L Prouty. Trials started on 12 July 1944 in the
Gulf of Mexico and she worked up in
Chesapeake Bay.
After shakedown, she operated with the
Atlantic Fleet training and patrolling until sailing for the Pacific early in April 1945. She transited the
Panama Canal on 10 April 1945 and after training in
Hawaiian waters reached the
war zone
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in time for
mine
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sweeping operations around the
Ryukyus after the
Battle of Okinawa
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She supported Admiral
Marc Mitscher
Marc Andrew "Pete" Mitscher (January 26, 1887 – February 3, 1947) was a pioneer in naval aviation who became an admiral in the United States Navy, and served as commander of the Fast Carrier Task Force in the Pacific during the latter half of ...
's
Fast Carrier Task Force during the strikes against Japan in July and operated in Korean waters after
Japan's surrender, returning to
Okinawa in October and resumed mine sweeping operations in the Ryukyus and receiving four
battle stars for World War II.
''Pivot'' was decommissioned 6 November 1946 at
Subic Bay,
Philippines, sold to
Taiwan 27 August 1948 and renamed ROCS ''Yung Shou''. On 1 July 1970, ''Yung Shou'' was decommissioned.
Images
Image:USS Pivot (AM-276) is launched at the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama (USA), on 11 November 1943.jpg, ''Pivot'' being launched on 11 November 1943
Image:USSPivot3inchFiring.jpg, ''Pivot'' firing its forward 3"/50 caliber gun
The 3"/50 caliber gun (spoken "three-inch fifty-caliber") in United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile in diameter, and the barrel was 50 calibers long (barrel length is 3 in × 50 = ). Different guns (identifi ...
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Admirable-class minesweepers
Ships built in Chickasaw, Alabama
1943 ships
World War II minesweepers of the United States
Admirable-class minesweepers of the Republic of China Navy