Allied Warships

USS Nimble (AM 266)

Minesweeper of the Admirable class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAdmirable 
PennantAM 266 
Built byAmerican Shipbuilding Co. (Lorain, Ohio, U.S.A.) 
Ordered2 May 1942 
Laid down2 Aug 1943 
Launched24 Dec 1943 
Commissioned15 Sep 1944 
End service10 Oct 1946 
History

Decommissioned 10 October 1946 at Subic Bay, Philippines
Transferred to the Republic of China 30 June 1948
Struck from the Naval Register 13 July 1948
Stripped and decommissioned in the late 1950s.

 

Commands listed for USS Nimble (AM 266)

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1Francis Robert Kitchell, Jr., USNR15 Sep 1944

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