USS Reign (AM-288)

History

United States
Name:	USS Reign (AM-288)
Builder:	General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California
Laid down:	30 October 1943
Launched:	29 May 1944
Acquired:	11 October 1946
Reclassified:	MSF-288, 7 February 1955
Struck:	1 November 1959
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:	Pacific Reserve Fleet (1944-1959)

Reign (AM-288) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was built at the General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, of Alameda, California and completed in 1946, but she was never commissioned. Reign remained in the Pacific Reserve Fleet until struck from the Navy list 1 November 1959. During that time, however, she was redesignated MSF-288 on 7 February 1955.

References

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

External links

"Reign". DANFS. U.S. Naval Historical Center. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
"Reign". Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive. NavSource Online. Retrieved 2008-02-18.

Admirable-class minesweepers

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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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