USS Sanderling (AMCU-49)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Sanderling.
USS Sanderling (AMS-35/AMCU-49/MHC-49/YMS-446/PCS-1393) was the lead ship of her subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers built for the United States Navy during World War II.
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A YMS-1-class minesweeper | |
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United States | |
Name | USS PCS-1393 |
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Laid down | 22 May 1943 |
Reclassified | YMS-446, 27 September 1943 |
Launched | 26 February 1944 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Joseph K. Harvey |
Commissioned | 9 June 1944 |
Renamed | USS Sanderling (AMS-35), 17 February 1947 |
Namesake | sanderling |
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Decommissioned | 14 November 1957 |
Stricken | 1 November 1959 |
Honors and awards | 1 battle star, post-World War II minesweeping operations |
Fate | Berthed at Green Cove Springs, Florida |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | lead ship of the YMS-446 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweeper |
Displacement | 320 t. |
Length | 136 ft (41 m) |
Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
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Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
Complement | 38 |
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