USS Pivot

USS Pivot

USS "Pivot" is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:

* USS Pivot (AM-276), a fleet minesweeper commissioned 12 July 1944.

* USS Pivot (MSO-463), a fleet minesweeper commissioned 12 July 1954.

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