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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USSDelegate (AM-217) |
| Builder | Tampa Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down | 27 December 1942 |
| Launched | 28 March 1943 |
| Commissioned | 30 April 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 29 May 1946 |
| Stricken | 29 May 1946 |
| Fate | Transferred to theRepublic of China |
| History | |
 Taiwan | |
| Name | ROCSYung Ho (PF-53) |
| Acquired | 29 May 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 1 September 1962 |
| Stricken | 1 September 1962 |
| Fate | unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Admirable-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 650 long tons (660 t) |
| Length | 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 104 |
| Armament |
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| Service record | |
| Part of: | U.S. Pacific Fleet (1944-1946) |
| Awards: | 1Battle star |
USSDelegate (AM-217) was anAdmirable-classminesweeper built for theUnited States Navy duringWorld War II. She was awarded onebattle star for service in the Pacific during World War II. She was decommissioned in May 1946 and turned over to theRepublic of China. NamedROCSYung Ho (PF-53) in theRepublic of China Navy, she served until September 1962 when she was stricken. Her ultimate fate is not reported insecondary sources.
Delegate was launched 28 March 1943 byTampa Shipbuilding Co., Inc.,Tampa, Florida; sponsored by Miss L. Bourget; and commissioned 30 April 1945.
Delegate sailed fromNorfolk, Virginia, 14 July 1945 and called atGuantánamo Bay,San Pedro,Pearl Harbor,Eniwetok, andSaipan before arriving atUsuki Bay,Kyūshū, 3 November as escort for twoLST's. She swept mines inTsushima Straits from 15 to 22 December, then supervised Japanese minesweepers clearing the northernFutagami minefields from 20 to 26 January 1946.Delegate arrived atKure 6 February to provide logistics support for theYMSs engaged in widening the swept channel to that port.
Delegate leftKure, Japan, 24 February 1946 and arrived atSubic Bay,Luzon, 5 March to have her armament removed. On 8 April she sailed forShanghai, China, arriving 5 days later. She was decommissioned and turned over to theState Department 29 May 1946 for further transfer to theRepublic of China, by which she was renamed and reclassified, ROCSYung Ho (PF-53). She was decommissioned and struck from the Republic of China Navy on 1 September 1962; her ultimate fate is not reported insecondary sources.
Delegate received onebattle star for World War II service.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.
