USS Triumph (AM 323)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Minesweeper
Class	Auk
Pennant	AM 323
Built by	Associated Shipbuilders (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	27 Oct 1942
Launched	25 Feb 1943
Commissioned	3 Feb 1944
End service
History	Laid down for the Royal Navy as HMS Espoir (BAM 24) but retained by the USN and renamed USS Triumph (AM 323) Decommissioned 30 January 1947 at San Diego, California Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group Recommissioned 28 February 1952 at San Diego, California Redesignated a Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) MSF-323 on 7 February 1955 Decommissioned 29 August 1955 at Green Cove Springs, Florida Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs Redesignated MMC-3 on 4 December 1959 Transferred to Norway 27 January 1961 and renamed Brage (N 49) Struck from the Naval Register 1 March 1961 Scrapped in 1978.

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Carl Raymond Cunningham, USNR	3 Feb 1944	Feb 1945
2	William Thomas Bell, USNR	Feb 1945	10 Nov 1945

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