USS Superior (AM-311)

History
United States
Name	USS Superior
Builder	Associated Shipbuilders
Laid down	18 February 1944
Launched	11 May 1944
Commissioned	1 November 1944
Decommissioned	July 1947
Reclassified	MSF-311, 7 February 1955
Stricken	1 July 1972
Fate	Sold for scrap
General characteristics
Class and type	Admirable-class minesweeper
Displacement	650 tons 945 tons (full load)
Length	184 ft 6 in (56.24 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draft	9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
Propulsion	2 × 1,710 shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines National Supply Co. single reduction gear 2 shafts
Speed	14.8 knots (27.4 km/h)
Complement	104
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun DP 1 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 4 × Depth charge projectors (K-guns) 2 × Depth charge racks
Service record
Part of:	US Pacific Fleet (1944-1946) Atlantic Reserve Fleet (1946-1972)
Awards:	3 Battle stars

USS Superior (AM-311) was a steel-hulled Admirable-class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy in 1944. Superior participated in the final struggle in the Pacific Ocean against the Empire of Japan during the end of World War II and remained behind, after the war ended, to clear minefields laid during the war.

Superior was laid down on 18 February 1944 by Associated Shipbuilders, Seattle, Washington, launched on 11 May 1944, sponsored by Mrs. L. H. Lyon; and commissioned on 1 November 1944.