USS Lance (AM-257)

History

United States
Name:	USS Lance (AM-257)
Builder:	American Ship Building Company
Laid down:	26 October 1942
Launched:	10 April 1943
Commissioned:	4 November 1943
Decommissioned:	28 August 1945
Fate:	Transferred to the Republic of China, 28 August 1945
Struck:	12 March 1948
History
Taiwan
Name:	ROCS Yung Sheng
Acquired:	28 August 1945
Decommissioned:	17 July 1972
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:	US Atlantic Fleet (1944-1946)

USS Lance (AM-257) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was built to clear minefields in offshore waters, and served the Navy in the Atlantic Ocean.

Lance was as laid down 26 October 1942 by American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, Ohio; launched 10 April 1943; sponsored by Ens. Josephine D. Conningham, W-V (S) USNR; commissioned 4 November 1943, Lt. R. R. Forrester, Jr., in command.

World War II North Atlantic operations

After shakedown along the U.S. East Coast, Lance arrived Trinidad, British West Indies, 17 January 1944 for patrol and escort duty. From January 1944 until March 1945, Lance operated as an escort for convoys, making nine regular runs from Recife, Brazil, to Trinidad. The minesweeper also engaged in ASW training with aircraft operations designed to improve the defensive capability of the Navy.

Lance departed Trinidad 23 March, and steamed toward Miami, Florida, arriving the 28th. She operated as a school ship, out of the Naval Training Center, Miami.

Decommissioning

She was transferred to China, under the Lend-Lease Act on 28 August. She served the Chinese Navy under the name Yung Sheng. She was transferred outright on 7 February 1948, struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 12 March 1948, and decommissioned on 1 July 1972. Fate is unknown.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

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Admirable-class minesweepers

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Soviet Navy

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Post-World War II operators

Republic of China Navy	Yung Chang Yung Chia Yung Feng Yung Ho Yung Hsiu Yung Ming Yung Ning Yung Sheng Yung Shou Yung Shun Yung Ting ex-Buoyant ex-Nimble ex-Reform

Chinese Maritime Customs Service	Yung Chun Yung Hsing Yung Kang ex-Dunlin ex-Notable

Dominican Navy	Prestol Botello Separación Tortuguero

Republic of Korea Navy	Kojin

Mexican Navy	Aldebaran Cadete Agustín Melgar Cadete Fernando Montes de Oca Cadete Francisco Márquez Cadete Juan Escutia Cadete Vicente Suárez DM-01 DM-02 DM-03 DM-04 (1962) DM-04 (1973) DM-05 DM-06 DM-07 DM-08 DM-09 DM-10 DM-11 DM-12 DM-13 DM-14 DM-15 DM-16 DM-17 DM-18 DM-19 DM-20 General Felipe Xicoténcatl General Ignacio Zaragoza General Juan N. Méndez General Manuel E. Rincón General Miguel Negrete General Pedro María Anaya Oceanográfico Teniente Juan de la Barrera

Myanmar Navy	Yan Gyi Aung

Philippine Navy part of Miguel Malvar class	Datu Tupas Magat Salamat Pagasa Samar

Republic of Vietnam Navy	Chi Lang II Chi Linh Ha Hoi Ky Hoa Nhut Tao

Preceded by: Hawk class
Followed by: Agile class

List of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy

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