Allied Warships

USS Quest (AM 281)

Minesweeper of the Admirable class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAdmirable 
PennantAM 281 
Built byGulf Shipbuilding Corp. (Chickasaw, Alabama, U.S.A.) 
Ordered2 May 1942 
Laid down24 Nov 1943 
Launched16 Mar 1944 
Commissioned25 Oct 1944 
End service2 May 1946 
History

Decommissioned 2 May 1946
Struck from the Naval Register 29 September 1947,/br> Transferred to the Philippines and redesignated as the Presidential Yacht and renamed Apo-21
Redesignated a Patrol Corvette and renamed Pagasa later renamed twice more to Santa Maria and Mount Samat (PS 21).

 

Commands listed for USS Quest (AM 281)

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1John Thomas Riley, Jr., USNR25 Oct 194416 Sep 1945

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