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Lance (AM 257)



Call sign:
Nan - George - Sugar - Dog


Lance served the Navies of the United States and the Republic of China.
Admirable Class Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 26 October 1942 by the American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, OH
  • Launched 10 April 1943
  • Commissioned USS Lance (AM 257), 4 November 1943
  • Transferred 28 August 1945, on loan, to the Republic of China and renamed Yung Sheng (AM 43)
  • Transferred outright 7 February 1948
  • Struck from the Naval Register 12 March 1948
  • Decommissioned 1 July 1972
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 945 t. (fl)
  • Length 184' 6"
  • Beam 33'
  • Draft 9' 9"
  • Speed 14.8 kts.
  • Complement 104
  • Armament: One 3"/50 cal. dual purpose mount, one twin 40mm gun mount, six 20mm gun mounts, one depth charge projector (hedgehogs), four depth charge projectors (K-guns), and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 855shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    Lance (AM 257)
    American Ship Building
    110225510    		 2.29k The Lance (AM-257) was built in the American Ship Building Company yards in Lorain, Ohio. Photo courtesy of theshipyards.com
    AM-255
    Lance 110k Jubilant (AM-255) under construction, outboard of Lance (AM-257) Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
    Yung Sheng (AM 43)
    Lance 238k c. 1949. Chinese Navy
    Lance 258k .
    Commanding Officers
    01LT Robert Reginald Forrester, Jr., USNR4 November 1943 - 12 April 1944
    02LT Richard Charles Condon, USNR12 April 1944 - 12 April 1945
    03LT John Charles Ostrom, USNR12 April 1945 - 28 August 1945
    Courtesy of Wolfgang Hechler, Ron Reeves and R. A. Moody
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