USS Creddock
USS Creddock (AM-356) was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was ordered and laid down as 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. 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 . References External links PCE-905-class patrol craft Admirable-class minesweepers Ships built in Portland, Oregon 1944 ships World War II patrol vessels of the United States World War II minesweepers of the United States Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Myanmar Navy Corvettes of the Myanmar Navy Corvettes of Myanmar