| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USSReform (AM-286) |
| Builder | General Engineering & Dry Dock Company,Alameda, California |
| Laid down | 24 June 1943 |
| Launched | 25 January 1944 |
| Commissioned | 28 February 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 9 November 1946 |
| Fate | Transferred to theRepublic of China, 15 June 1948 |
| Stricken | 13 July 1948 |
| History | |
 Taiwan | |
| Name | unknown |
| Acquired | 15 June 1948 |
| Fate | Scrapped in 1950 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Admirable-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 650 tons |
| 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 | 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h) |
| Complement | 104 |
| Armament |
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| Service record | |
| Part of: | US Pacific Fleet (1945-1946) |
| Awards: | 3Battle stars |
USSReform (AM-286) was anAdmirable-classminesweeper built for theU.S. Navy duringWorld War II. She was built to clear minefields in offshore waters, and served the Navy in thePacific Ocean before voyaging to theU.S. East Coast for decommissioning. Post-war, her crew returned home with threebattle stars to their credit. The ship itself, its wartime mission complete, was given to China.
Reform was laid down 24 June 1943 by theGeneral Engineering & Dry Dock Company, ofAlameda, California; launched 29 January 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Roland H. McCune ofSan Francisco, California; and commissioned 28 February 1945.
Aftershakedown out ofSan Pedro,Santa Barbara, andSan Diego, California, she sailed for the forward area to join the fleet 28 April. Touching atGuam, she sailed 18 June forUlithi, and thence escorted aconvoy toOkinawa, arrivingBuckner Bay 26 June. The first week of July she commenced minesweeping operations in theEast China Sea.
In June she assisted in sweeping the approaches toJinsen, Korea, and by September she was sweeping the approaches toSasebo, Japan.Reform rode out twotyphoons in Sasebo Harbor, suffering only minor damage to her portshaft andscrew when she was driven into a mooringbuoy. Repairs were completed by 5 November. After a check sweep in theYellow Sea off Korea, she again took up operations off the southwestern coast ofKyūshū, and these continued until she was ordered home.
Departing Japan 12 February 1946, she arrivedSan Pedro, California, 28 March. Designated for transfer to the Chinese Navy, she sailed forSubic Bay,Philippine Islands, and decommissioned there 9 November 1946. She was delivered to theChinese Navy 15 June 1948, and struck from theNavy list 13 July 1948. She was scrapped in 1950.
Reform received threebattle stars for World War II service
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.
