USS Buoyant (AM-153)
| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Buoyant (AM-153) |
| Builder: | Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland, Oregon |
| Laid down: | 15 April 1942 |
| Launched: | 24 November 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 30 September 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 May 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold to the Republic of China, 29 May 1946 |
| Career (Republic of China) | |
| Name: | unknown |
| Acquired: | 29 May 1946 |
| Fate: | unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Admirable-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 650 tons |
| Length: | 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × ALCO 539 diesel engines, 1,710 shp (1.3 MW) Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h) |
| Complement: | 104 |
| Armament: | 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun DP 2 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 2 × Depth charge tracks |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | U.S. Pacific Fleet (1943-1946) Republic of China Navy (1946–unknown) |
| Operations: | Battle of Okinawa |
| Awards: | 1 Battle star |
USS Buoyant (AM-153) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. After service in the Pacific, which netted her crew one battle star, she was decommissioned in May 1946 and sold to the Republic of China. Her name in Republic of China Navy service and her fate are not reported in secondary sources.
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