USS Project (AM–278) was an built for the United States Navy

United States Navy

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 during World War II

World War II

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. She was decommissioned in 1947 after wartime service and transferred to the Philippine Navy

Philippine Navy

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 in 1948 where she served under the name RPS Samar (M-33). She was stricken from the Philippine Navy in 1960; beyond that, her fate is not reported in secondary source

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Career

Project was laid down 1 July 1943 by Gulf Ship Building Corp., Chickasaw, Alabama

Chickasaw, Alabama

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; launched 20 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Irene D. Jenkins; and commissioned 22 August 1944. Project departed U.S. Naval Repair Station, Algiers, Louisiana

Algiers, Louisiana

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, 7 September for Little Creek, Virginia. En route, she drove off submarine

Submarine

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 U–518

Unterseeboot 518

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 after it had torpedoed SS George Ade 125 miles (230 km) off Wilmington, Delaware

Wilmington, Delaware

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, 12 September. Later operations for the minesweeper

Minesweeper (ship)

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 ranged from Portland, Maine

Portland, Maine

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, where she trained with friendly submarines in October, to Cape Charles, Virginia

Cape Charles, Virginia

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, where she planted small mines, to Port Royal

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, Bermuda

Bermuda

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, to which she escorted Keawah and in December.

Project continued Atlantic Ocean

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 coast operations during the first half of 1945 but in July proceeded via the Panama Canal Zone

Panama Canal Zone

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 to San Pedro, California. Engaging in minesweeping operations off California

California

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 in August, the ship steamed to Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

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 the 24th and on to Eniwetok and Saipan

Saipan

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 in September. After stopping at Buckner Bay, she reached Japan

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 on the 20th. She remained in Japan

Japan

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ese waters in connection with Japanese minesweeping activity and to make exploratory sweeps in the Omai Saki area.

Project was decommissioned, 13 June 1946 at Subic Bay

Subic Bay

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, Philippines

Philippines

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, and struck from the Naval Vessel Register

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 on 16 September 1947. She was transferred to the Philippines

Philippines

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 on 24 May 1948 as RPS Samar (M-33). She was later reclassified as a patrol corvette with pennant number

Pennant number

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 of PS-33. She was stricken in 1960. Her ultimate fate is not reported in secondary source

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