USS Reign
1944 Admirable-class minesweeper
Reign (AM-288) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was built at the General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, of Alameda, California and completed in 1946, but she was never commissioned. Reign remained in the Pacific Reserve Fleet until struck from the Navy list 1 November 1959. During that time, however, she was redesignated MSF-288 on 7 February 1955.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
External links
"Reign". DANFS. U.S. Naval Historical Center. Archived from the original on February 9, 2004. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
"Reign". NavSource.
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