USS Pledge (AM-277)

USS Pledge (AM-277) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy during World War II.

To prepare for Pacific duty, Pledge underwent overhaul at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 13 March to 1 April.

Following local exercises, she departed Hawaiian waters 20 May 1945, and steamed via Eniwetok, Guam, and Saipan to Kerama Retto, Ryukyu Islands, where she arrived 24 June.

Following arrival at Pearl Harbor 25 January she accompanied a convoy to San Pedro, Los Angeles, 4 to 15 February.

To prepare for inactivation, she returned to Pearl Harbor 31 July, and arrived at Bremerton, Washington, 30 September.

Enemy shore batteries on Sin-do directed heavy fire upon Pirate, which sank shortly thereafter, and then upon Pledge.

USS Pivot (AM-276) launched at the Gulf Shipbuilding Company, Chickasaw, Alabama , on 11 November 1943. In the background can be seen the USS Pledge (AM-277).