USS Pivot (AM-276)

History
United States
Name	USS Pivot (AM-276)
Builder	Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation Chickasaw, Alabama
Laid down	1 July 1943
Launched	11 November 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. Clara L. Prouty
Commissioned	12 July 1944
Decommissioned	6 November 1946
Honors and awards	4 battle stars in World War II
Fate	transferred to the Republic of China, 27 August 1947
History
Taiwan
Name	ROCS Yung Shou
Acquired	27 August 1948
Decommissioned	1 July 1970
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Admirable-class minesweeper
Displacement	625 tons
Length	184 ft 6 in (56.24 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draft	10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion	2 × 1,710 shp (1.3 MW) Cooper-Bessemer diesel engines 2 × shafts.
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	104 officers and men
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 4 × Bofors 40 mm gun 1 × hedgehog 4 × Depth charge projectors 2 × Depth charge racks 2 × Minesweeping paravanes

USS Pivot (AM-276), an Admirable-class minesweeper, and the first ship of the United States Navy named Pivot. She was built at the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama 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 in time for mine sweeping operations around the Ryukyus after the Battle of Okinawa.

She supported Admiral Marc Mitscher'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[]

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  Pivot being launched on 11 November 1943

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  Pivot firing its forward 3"/50 caliber gun.

References[]

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Pivot (AM-276).

• Photo gallery of Pivot at NavSource Naval History