USS Creddock explained
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 .