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

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

Ryukyus after the Battle of Okinawa

.

She supported Admiral

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.