USS Pivot
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USS Pivot (AM-276), an Admirable-class minesweeper, and the first ship of the United States Navy named Pivot. She was built at the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama and christened on 11 November 1943 by Mrs Clara L Prouty. Trials started on 12 July 1944 in the Gulf of Mexico and she worked up in Chesapeake Bay.
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keel laying
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ship commissioning
1943-11-11T00:00:00Z
1943-11-11T00:00:00Z
ship launching
1946-11-06T00:00:00Z
1946-11-06T00:00:00Z
ship decommissioning
1970-07-01T00:00:00Z
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ship decommissioning
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USSPivot3inchFiring
USSPivotAM276
USS Pivot (AM-276) is launched at the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama (USA), on 11 November 1943
USS Phantom (AM-273) moored inboard of USS Pivot (AM-276) and USS Nimble (AM-266) in a nest of nine minesweepers and LCIs, at San Diego, California, circa 1945. LCI-633 is moored to port.| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| commons | image | USS Pivot (AM-276) is launched at the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, Chickasaw, Alabama (USA), on 11 November 1943 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | USS Phantom (AM-273) moored inboard of USS Pivot (AM-276) and USS Nimble (AM-266) in a nest of nine minesweepers and LCIs, at San Diego, California, circa 1945. LCI-633 is moored to port. | Commons | ||
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