History
United States
Name	USS Reign (AM-288)
Builder	General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, Alameda, California
Laid down	30 October 1943
Launched	29 May 1944
Acquired	11 October 1946
Reclassified	MSF-288, 7 February 1955
Stricken	1 November 1959
Fate	unknown
General characteristics
Class and type	Admirable-class minesweeper
Displacement	650 tons
Length	184 ft 6 in (56.24 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draft	9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
Propulsion	2 × ALCO 539 diesel engines, 1,710 shp (1.3 MW) Farrel-Birmingham single reduction gear 2 shafts
Speed	14.8 knots (27.4 km/h)
Complement	104
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun DP 2 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 2 × Depth charge tracks
Service record
Part of:	Pacific Reserve Fleet (1944-1959)

Reign (AM-288) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was built at the General Engineering & Dry Dock Company, of Alameda, California and completed in 1946, but she was never commissioned. Reign remained in the Pacific Reserve Fleet until struck from the Navy list 1 November 1959. During that time, however, she was redesignated MSF-288 on 7 February 1955.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

External links

• "Reign". DANFS. U.S. Naval Historical Center. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
• "Reign". Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive. NavSource Online. Retrieved 2008-02-18.