History
United States
Name	USSNotable (AM-267)
Builder	Gulf Shipbuilding Company
Laid down	17 September 1942
Launched	12 June 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. John F. Brown
Commissioned	23 December 1943
Decommissioned	29 May 1946
Fate	Transferred to theChinese Maritime Customs Service, 1946
History
Republic of China
Name	unknown
Acquired	1946
Fate	unknown
General characteristics
Class & type	Admirable-classminesweeper
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	2 × ALCO 539diesel engines, 1,710 shp (1.3 MW) Farrel-Birminghamsingle reduction gear 2 shafts
Speed	14.8 knots (27.4 km/h)
Complement	104
Armament	1 ×3"/50 caliber gun 2 × twinBofors 40 mm gun 1 ×Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 2 ×Depth charge tracks
Service record
Part of	U.S. Atlantic Fleet (1943–1945) U.S. Pacific Fleet (1945–1946) Chinese Maritime Customs Service (from 1946)
Awards	2Battle stars

USSNotable (AM-267) was anAdmirable-classminesweeper built for theUnited States Navy duringWorld War II. She earned twobattle stars in service in the Atlantic and the Pacific during the war. In 1946, she was decommissioned and turned over to theRepublic of China for service with theChinese Maritime Customs Service. Her ultimate fate is unreported insecondary sources.

Notable was laid down 17 September 1942 by theGulf Shipbuilding Corp.,Chickasaw, Alabama launched 12 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. John F. Brown and commissioned 23 December 1943. Following a briefshakedown cruise by way ofNew Orleans, Louisiana, toLittle Creek, Virginia, and service providing minecraft training for pre-commissioning crews,Notable departedNorfolk, Virginia, 3 May 1944 forArgentia, Newfoundland, where she took onU.S. Coast Guardmeteorologists and sailed 22 June forDavis Strait. There, the minesweeper took up station as a weather patrol ship, providing North Atlanticconvoys with vital weather data for their crossings. On 27 October, she was ordered toBoston, Massachusetts, and then Norfolk for minesweeping training and overhaul.

Notable departed Norfolk in February 1945 for the Pacific sailing viaBermuda, thePanama Canal, andSan Diego, California, arrivingPearl Harbor 5 April. After more training, the mine sweeper put out from Pearl, 28 April bound for the Western Pacific; and on 24 May, joinedtask unit TU 94.19.18 forOkinawa. From 30 May to 4 July 1945, the little ship operated in and aroundKerama Retto onantiaircraft patrols, and then began continuous duty with minesweepers in theEast China Sea, sweeping over 100 contact mines in a period of two months and then engaging in occupation duty following the surrender ofJapan 2 September.Notable continued on sweeping and patrol missions in the Western Pacific.

She decommissioned 29 May 1946 and was turned over to theForeign Liquidation Commission atShanghai, China, where she was simultaneously transferred to theChinese Maritime Customs Service. Her name in Chinese service and her fate are not reported insecondary sources.

Notable received 2battle stars for World War II service

•  This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.
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