USS Seagull (AMS-55)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Seagull.
USS Seagull (MCS(O)-55/AMS-55/YMS-402) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II.
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A YMS-1-class minesweeper | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS YMS-402 |
Builder | |
Laid down | 24 July 1942 |
Launched | 17 April 1943 |
Commissioned | 26 June 1943 |
Decommissioned | 1 August 1946 |
In service | 30 October 1946, as Naval Reserve training ship |
Renamed | USS Seagull (AMS-55), 1 September 1947 |
Namesake | the seagull bird |
Recommissioned | 10 May 1950 |
Reclassified | MSC(O)-55, 7 February 1955 |
Decommissioned | 11 October 1957 |
Stricken | 1 November 1959 |
Honors and awards | 1 battle star, post World War II minesweeping |
Fate | Sold; Ultimate fate unknown |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | YMS-135 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers |
Displacement | 320 (f.) tons |
Length | 136 ft (41 m) |
Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
Draft | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
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Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
Complement | 33 |
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