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History
USS GaviaUnited States
NameUSS PCE-907
BuilderWillamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland, Oregon
Laid down8 July 1943
Launched18 September 1943
Sponsored byMrs. James E. Ray
RenamedUSS Gavia (AM-363), 27 September 1943
NamesakeGavia
Commissioned23 July 1945
Decommissioned29 May 1946
Stricken19 July 1946
FateTransferred to the Republic of China, 1946
History
Taiwan
NameYung Chun
Acquired1946
Decommissioned1 June 1962
Stricken1 June 1962
Fateunknown
General characteristics
Class and typePCE-905-class patrol craft
Class and typeAdmirable-class minesweeper, September 1943
Displacement650 long tons (660 t)
Length184 ft 6 in (56.24 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draft9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × ALCO 539 diesel engines, 1,710 shp (1,280 kW)
  • Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear
  • 2 shafts
Speed15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement104
Armament
  • 1 × 3"/50 caliber (76 mm) DP gun
  • 2 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns
  • 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
  • 2 × Depth charge tracks
Service record
Part of:
  • U.S. Pacific Fleet (1945–1946)
  • Chinese Maritime Customs Service (1946–1962)
Awards: 2 Battle stars

USS Gavia (AM-363) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was ordered and laid down as PCE-905-class patrol craft USS PCE-907 but was renamed and reclassified before her September 1943 launch as Gavia (AM-363). She earned two battle stars in service in the Pacific during World War II. In May 1946, she was turned over to the Republic of China for service with the Chinese Maritime Customs Service as Yung Chun. She was removed from service in June 1962.

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