Allied Warships

USS Steady (AM 118)

Minesweeper of the Auk class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Minesweeper
Class	Auk
Pennant	AM 118
Built by	American Shipbuilding Co. (Lorain, Ohio, U.S.A.)
Ordered	1 Apr 1941
Laid down	17 Nov 1941
Launched	6 Jun 1942
Commissioned	16 Nov 1942
End service	18 Jun 1946
History	Decommissioned, 18 June 1946 at San Diego, California Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group Reclassified Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) (MSF-118) on 7 February 1955 Struck from the Naval Register 18 February 1968 Transferred to Taiwan and commissioned Ping Jin (PCE-70), 30 May 1968.

Commands listed for USS Steady (AM 118)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Frederick William Maennle, USNR	16 Nov 1942	early 1944
2	Bernard Orella, USNR	early 1944	2 Jan 1945
3	Robert David Faber, USNR	2 Jan 1945	5 Feb 1946

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