Allied Warships

USS Redstart (AM 378)

Minesweeper of the Auk class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassAuk 
PennantAM 378 
Built bySavannah Machinery and Foundry Co. (Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A.) 
Ordered3 Aug 1943 
Laid down14 Jun 1944 
Launched18 Oct 1944 
Commissioned4 Apr 1945 
End service15 Mar 1957 
History

Decommissioned 26 November 1946 at Long Beach, California
Recommissioned 1 December 1950
Redesignated Fleet Minesweeper (Steel-hulled) MSF-378 on 1 March 1955
Decommissioned 15 March 1957 at Astoria, Oregon
Transferred to Taiwan 25 July 1963 and commissioned as Wu Sheng (PCE 66), later redesignated PCE-866
Struck from the Naval Register, 1 April 1965
Decommissioned in Taiwanese Navy 16 February 1998
Struck from the Taiwanese Naval Register 26 February 1998.

 

Commands listed for USS Redstart (AM 378)

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1George Walter Phillips, USNR4 Apr 1945

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