Allied Warships

USS Mainstay (AM 261)

Minesweeper of the Admirable class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Minesweeper
Class	Admirable
Pennant	AM 261
Built by	American Shipbuilding Co. (Lorain, Ohio, U.S.A.)
Ordered	2 May 1942
Laid down	10 Apr 1943
Launched	31 Jul 1943
Commissioned	21 Apr 1944
End service	21 Sep 1954
History	Decommissioned 6 November 1946 at Bremerton, Washington Placed in service 28 November 1947 Placed out of service 16 April 1948 Recommissioned 1 March 1949 Decommissioned 10 January 1950 at Yokosuka, Japan Recommissioned 12 December 1950 Decommissioned 21 September 1954 at Long Beach, California and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet San Diego, California Struck from the Naval Register 1 December 1959 Sold for scrap 8 August 1960 to National Metal and Steel Corp.

Commands listed for USS Mainstay (AM 261)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. Henry Boyle Clark, Jr., USNR	21 Apr 1944	9 Dec 1945

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