Photo. www.navsource.org Seen in Chinese Navy.
Specifications:
Displacement 945 t.(fl)
Length 184' 6".
Beam 33'.
Draft 9' 9".
Speed 14.8 kts.
Complement 104.
Armament: One 3"/50 cal. dual purpose mount and one twin 40mm gun mount, six single 20mm gun mounts, one depth charge thrower (hedgehogs), four depth charge projectiles (K-guns), two depth charge tracks.
Propulsion: Two 1,710shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts.
Lance (AM-257) was as laid down 26 October 1942 by American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, Ohio; launched 10 April 1943; sponsored by Ens. Josephine D. Conningham, W-V (S) USNR; commissioned 4 November 1943, Lt. R. R. Forrester, Jr., in command.
After shakedown along the east coast, Lance arrived Trinidad,
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