USS Gavia (AM-363)
| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS PCE-907 |
| Builder: | Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland, Oregon |
| Laid down: | 8 July 1943 |
| Launched: | 18 September 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. James E. Ray |
| Renamed: | USS Gavia (AM-363), 27 September 1943 |
| Namesake: | gavia |
| Commissioned: | 23 July 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 May 1946 |
| Struck: | 19 July 1946 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Republic of China, 1946 |
| Career (Republic of China) | |
| Name: | Yung Chun |
| Acquired: | 1946 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 June 1962 |
| Struck: | 1 June 1962 |
| Fate: | unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | PCE-905-class patrol craft |
| Class & type: | Admirable-class minesweeper, September 1943 |
| Displacement: | 650 long tons (660 t) |
| 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 (1,280 kW) Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 104 |
| Armament: | 1 × 3"/50 caliber (76 mm) DP gun 2 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 2 × Depth charge tracks |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | U.S. Pacific Fleet (1945–1946) Chinese Maritime Customs Service (1946–1962) |
| Awards: | 2 Battle stars |
USS Gavia (AM-363) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was ordered and laid down as PCE-905-class patrol craft USS PCE-907 but was renamed and reclassified before her September 1943 launch as Gavia (AM-363). She earned two battle stars in service in the Pacific during World War II. In May 1946, she was turned over to the Republic of China for service with the Chinese Maritime Customs Service as Yung Chun. She was removed from service in June 1962.