USS Elusive (AM-225)

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History
United States
NameUSS Elusive (AM-225)
BuilderAmerican Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio
Laid down29 December 1943
Launched10 June 1944
Sponsored byMiss E. Sweat
Commissioned19 February 1945
Decommissioned29 May 1946
FateTransferred to the Republic of China, 29 May 1946
History
Taiwan
NameYung Kang (AM 54).
Acquired29 May 1946
Stricken6 January 1962
Fateunknown
General characteristics
Class and typeAdmirable-class minesweeper
Displacement650 long tons (660 t)
Length184 ft 6 in (56.24 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draft9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
Propulsion
Speed15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement104
Armament
Service record
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Awards: 1 Battle star

USS Elusive (AM-225) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. 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 Kang. She was removed from service in January 1962.

Career[edit]

Elusive was launched 10 June 1944 by American Shipbuilding Company, Lorain, Ohio; sponsored by Miss E. Sweat; and commissioned 19 February 1945.

Elusive sailed from Lorain 22 February 1945 by way of Chicago, Illinois, and the Mississippi River to outfit at Algiers, Louisiana. It suffered damage below the waterline while passing through Lake Erie and the Mississippi, and was drydocked for repair at the insistence of Lieutenant Commander E.N. Cleves. After training along the east coast, escort duty off Florida, and antisubmarine exercises off Cuba, she arrived at San Pedro, California, 21 July for final minesweeping training. She sailed 16 August for the Far East, and swept mines in Japanese waters, as well as voyaging to Guam and Subic Bay.

After removal of her guns and other demilitarization at the Subic Bay naval base, Elusive arrived at Shanghai 22 April 1946. There she was decommissioned 29 May 1946, and transferred to the Chinese Maritime Commission through the State Department the same day. She was renamed Yung Kang (AM 54). Yung Kang decommissioned and was struck, 6 January 1962. Fate unknown.

Elusive received one battle star for World War II service.

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