Allied Warships

USS Delegate (AM 217)

Minesweeper of the Admirable class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAdmirable 
PennantAM 217 
Built byTampa Shipbuilding Co. Inc. (Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.) 
Ordered14 Mar 1942 
Laid down27 Dec 1942 
Launched28 Mar 1943 
Commissioned30 Apr 1945 
End service29 May 1946 
History

Decommissioned 29 May 1946 and turned over to the State Department for transfer to the Republic of China
Reclassified a Patrol Frigate and renamed Yung Ho (PF 53)
Yung Ho was decommissioned 1 September 1962.

 

Commands listed for USS Delegate (AM 217)

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1Nelson Willard Millard, USNR30 Apr 194515 Nov 1945

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