Allied Warships

USS Pinnacle (AM 274)

Minesweeper of the Admirable class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAdmirable 
PennantAM 274 
Built byGulf Shipbuilding Corp. (Chickasaw, Alabama, U.S.A.) 
Ordered2 May 1942 
Laid down1 Feb 1943 
Launched11 Sep 1943 
Commissioned24 May 1944 
End service9 Oct 1946 
History

Decommissioned 9 October 1946 at Sasebo, Japan and placed in reserve
Transferred 15 June 1948 to the Nationalist Chinese Navy and renamed Yung Hsiu (MSF 48)
Yung Hsiu was decommissioned in July 1972.

 

Commands listed for USS Pinnacle (AM 274)

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1Joseph Barry Williams, USNR24 May 194410 Nov 1945

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