USS Prime (AM-279) was laid down 15 September 1943 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Alabama, launched 22 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. L. W. Thompson, and commissioned 12 September 1944.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Prime (AM-279) |
| Builder | Gulf Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down | 15 September 1943 |
| Launched | 22 January 1944 |
| Commissioned | 12 September 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 29 May 1946 |
| Fate | Sold to the Republic of China, 1946 |
| Stricken | 1 May 1973 |
| History | |
 Taiwan | |
| Name | ROCS Yung Feng (MMC-50) |
| Acquired | 1946 |
| Fate | Unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Admirable-class minesweeper |
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| Length | 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
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| Speed | 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h) |
| Complement | 104 |
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| Service record | |
| Part of: | US Pacific Fleet (1945-1946) |
World War II Pacific Theatre operations
editFollowing shakedown off the east coast, USS Prime reported to Service Force Atlantic, Norfolk, Virginia, 1 December 1944. After duty off Bermuda and the east coast, she arrived at the Panama Canal Zone, and reported for duty to the U.S. Pacific Fleet 12 July 1945. In September, while at Okinawa, she was assigned to the Reserve Fleet. Following a change of assignment from the 19th to the U.S. 16th Fleet, she was marked expendable in March 1946. Demilitarized, she steamed to Shanghai, China.
End-of-war deactivation
editPrime was decommissioned 29 May 1946 and sold to China at Shanghai, China as Yung Feng (MMC-50) (Republic of China Navy), decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register 1 May 1973. Fate unknown.
References
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.