USS Creddock

USS Creddock (AM-356) 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-916 but was renamed and reclassified before her July 1944 launch as Creddock (AM-356). Creddock was launched 22 July 1944 by Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland, Oregon; sponsored by Miss N. I. Schmidleys; and commissioned 18 December 1945. Creddock departed Astoria, Oregon, 6 January 1946 and arrived at San Diego, California, 4 days later. There she was placed out of commission in reserve 26 March 1946. Creddock was reclassified MSF-356 on 7 February 1955.

History
United States
Name	USS PCE-916
Builder	Willamette Iron and Steel Works
Laid down	10 November 1943
Renamed	USS Creddock (AM-356)
Launched	22 July 1944
Commissioned	18 December 1945
Decommissioned	26 March 1946
Reclassified	MSF-356, 7 February 1955
Fate	Transferred to Myanmar, 1967
History
Myanmar
Name	UMS Yan Gyi Aung (M42)
Acquired	1967
Status	in active service
Service record
Part of:	U.S. Pacific Fleet (1944–1946) Burmese/Myanmar Navy (from 1967)
General characteristics
Class and type	PCE-905-class patrol craft
Class and type	Admirable-class minesweeper, September 1943
Displacement	650 long tons (660 t)
Length	184 ft 6 in (56.24 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draft	9 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
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	104
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber (76 mm) DP gun 2 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 2 × Depth charge tracks

In 1967, Creddock was transferred to the Burmese Navy (later, the Myanmar Navy), where she is classed as a patrol corvette under the name UMS Yan Gyi Aung (M42); she is in active service.

References

 This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

• Photo gallery of Creddock at NavSource Naval History