USS Redstart
USS Redstart (AM-378/MSF-378) was an Auk-class minesweeper commissioned by the United States Navy for service in World War II. Her task, as a fleet minesweeper, was to clear mines as the fleet proceeded into battle areas.
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS Redstart (AM-378) |
| Namesake | redstart |
| Builder | Savannah Machine and Foundry Co., Savannah, Georgia |
| Laid down | 14 June 1944 |
| Launched | 18 October 1944 |
| Commissioned | 4 April 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 26 November 1946 |
| Recommissioned | 1 December 1950 |
| Reclassified | MSF-378, 1 March 1955 |
| Decommissioned | 15 March 1957 |
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| Fate | Transferred to Taiwan, 25 July 1963 |
| Stricken | 1 April 1965 |
| History | |
| Taiwan | |
| Name | ROCS Wu Sheng (PCE-66) 武勝 |
| Acquired | 25 July 1963 |
| Decommissioned | 16 February 1998 |
| Stricken | 26 February 1998 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Auk-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 890 long tons (904 t) |
| Length | 221 ft 3 in (67.44 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m) |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 100 officers and enlisted |
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Redstart was built in Savannah, Georgia by the Savannah Machine and Foundry Co., and was laid down on 14 June 1944, launched on 18 October 1944, and finally commissioned on 4 April 1945.
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