USS Salute (AM-294) was a U.S. Navy oceangoing minesweeper, laid down on 11 November 1942 by Winslow Marine Railway and Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, Washington; launched on 6 February 1943; sponsored by Miss Patricia Lindgren; and commissioned on 4 December 1943.

Between April and September 1944, she escorted convoys between Pearl Harbor, Majuro, Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Guam, and Saipan, before reporting to the 7th Fleet at Manus on 8 October for the Leyte invasion.

Two landing craft attempted to salvage the minesweeper, but they were unable to control her flooding, and the ship sank, with 6 deaths and 3 sailors reported as missing, for a total of 9 lost.

On 14 November 2016, a memorial plaque was presented to the US Embassy in Brunei which contains a folded American flag, a picture of USS Salute in service and the names of the nine sailors who perished in the explosion.

[2] On 18 November 2016, the United States Navy's Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) announced that they had reclaimed four artifacts - an ink well, a gas mask, and two plates from divers who had removed them from the wreck.