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Pivot (AM-276)



Call sign:
Nan - Peter - Yoke - Fox


Pivot served the Navies of the United States and the Republic of China
Admirable Class Minesweeper:

  • The first Pivot was laid down 1 July 1943 at Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Alabama
  • Launched 11 November 1943
  • Commissioned USS Pivot (AM-276), 12 July 1944
  • Decommissioned 6 November 1946 at Subic Bay, Philippines
  • Sold to Taiwan 27 August 1948 and renamed Yung Shou (AM 49)
  • Decommissioned and struck from the Navy Register 1 July 1970
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 945 t.(fl)
  • Length 184' 6"
  • Beam 33'
  • Draft 9' 9"
  • Speed 14.8 kts.
  • Complement 104
  • Armament: One 3"/50 cal. dual purpose mount, one twin 40mm gun mount, six 20mm gun mounts, one depth charge thrower (hedgehogs), four depth charge projector (K-guns) and two depth
    charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 1,710shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    American Ship Building
    110226902    		 263k The Pivot (AM-276) was built by the Gulf Shipbuilding Co., Chickasaw, AL, a few miles upstream of the Port of Mobile.
    Here in August 1917, after the United States entered World War I, U.S. Steel established Chickasaw Shipbuilding. The yard closed after World War I but was reopened in 1940 by Waterman Steamship Corp. as Gulf Shipbuilding.     		Insert photos courtesy of catalog.archives.gov & catalog.archives.gov
    Photo courtesy of destroyerhistory.org
    Pivot (AM 276)
    Pivot 93k 11 November 1943
    Launching. On the ways behind Pivot (AM-276) is Pledge (AM 277)
    U.S. Navy photo from the Naval History and Heritage Command    		 Robert Hurst
    Pivot 39k 11 November 1943 LCDR R. Paschall
    USS Pivot (AM 276)
    Pivot 69k Firing her 3"/50 gun
    U.S. Navy photo from the Naval History and Heritage Command    		 Robert Hurst
    Pivot 166k Original photo: LCDR R. Paschall
    Replacement photo: The Sixtant.Com World War II in the South Atlantic website
    Pivot 38k LCDR R. Paschall
    Pivot 83k 12 July 1944
    Shakedown Cruise in the Gulf of Mexico. The photo was taken by a U.S. Navy PBY flying out of NAS Pensacola.
    National Archives photo    		 USS Pivot Website
    Nimble 196k Phantom (AM-273) moored inboard of Pivot (AM-276) and Nimble (AM-266) in a nest of nine minesweepers and LCIs, at San Diego, California, circa 1945. LCI-633 is mooored to port
    Courtesy of Ted Stone 1979
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 89284    		 Mike Green
    Yung Shou (AM 49)
    AM-49 42k Chinese Navy photo Chinese Navy
    Commanding Officers
    01LT Robin Max Hartmann, USNR12 July 1944 - 6 November 1945
    02LT Edward Joseph Duffy, USNR6 November 1945 - 1 April 1946
    03LT Thomas Leavey Cleaver, Jr., USN1 April 1946 - 6 November 1946
    Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler, Ron Reeves and R. A. Moody
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    DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Website
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