USS Creddock


USS Creddock was an built for the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was ordered and laid down as USS PCE-916 but was renamed and reclassified before her July 1944 launch as Creddock. Creddock was launched 22 July 1944 by Willamette [Iron and Steel Works], Portland, Oregon; sponsored by Miss N. I. Schmidleys; and commissioned 18 December 1945. Creddock departed Astoria, Oregon, 6 January 1946 and arrived at San [Diego, California], 4 days later. There she was placed out of commission in reserve 26 March 1946. Creddock was reclassified MSF-356 on 7 February 1955.
In 1967, Creddock was transferred to the Burmese Navy, where she is classed as a patrol corvette under the name UMS Yan Gyi Aung ; she is.