USS Redstart
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USS Redstart (AM-378/MSF-378) was an Auk-class minesweeper commissioned by the United States Navy for service in World War II. Her task, as a fleet minesweeper, was to clear mines as the fleet proceeded into battle areas.
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United States | |
Name | USS Redstart (AM-378) |
Namesake | redstart |
Builder | Savannah Machine and Foundry Co., Savannah, Georgia |
Laid down | 14 June 1944 |
Launched | 18 October 1944 |
Commissioned | 4 April 1945 |
Decommissioned | 26 November 1946 |
Recommissioned | 1 December 1950 |
Reclassified | MSF-378, 1 March 1955 |
Decommissioned | 15 March 1957 |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Transferred to Taiwan, 25 July 1963 |
Stricken | 1 April 1965 |
History | |
Taiwan | |
Name | ROCS Wu Sheng (PCE-66) 武勝 |
Acquired | 25 July 1963 |
Decommissioned | 16 February 1998 |
Stricken | 26 February 1998 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Auk-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 890 long tons (904 t) |
Length | 221 ft 3 in (67.44 m) |
Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 100 officers and enlisted |
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Redstart was built in Savannah, Georgia by the Savannah Machine and Foundry Co., and was laid down on 14 June 1944, launched on 18 October 1944, and finally commissioned on 4 April 1945.