USS Siskin
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USS Siskin (AMS-58/YMS-425) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. She is the only U.S. Navy ship to be named for the siskin.
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Siskin with U.S. Mine Division 22, circa 1965 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Ordered | as YMS-425 |
Laid down | 6 June 1944 |
Launched | 9 September 1944 |
Commissioned | 21 December 1944 |
Decommissioned | 19 July 1946 |
In service | March 1950 |
Out of service | 24 October 1957 |
Stricken | 1 October 1968 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 320 tons |
Length | 136 ft (41 m) |
Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
Draught | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Speed | 13 knots |
Complement | 33 |
Armament | one 3 in (76 mm) gun mount, two 20 mm machine guns |
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