USS Grackle (AMS-13)
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USS Grackle (MSC(O)-13/AMS-13/YMS-312) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II.
For other ships with the same name, see USS Grackle.
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A YMS-1-class minesweeper | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS YMS-312 |
Builder | |
Laid down | 7 June 1943[1] |
Launched | 9 November 1943 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. W. G. Kroepke |
Completed | 4 December 1943[1] |
Commissioned | 6 December 1943 |
Renamed | USS Grackle (AMS-13), 18 February 1947 |
Namesake | the grackle bird |
Reclassified | MSC(O)-13, 7 February 1955 |
Decommissioned | 11 October 1957 |
Stricken | 1 March 1963 |
Fate | Transferred to Brazil, 19 April 1963 |
Brazil | |
Name | Juruena (M14) |
Acquired | 19 April 1963 |
Fate | Unknown |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | YMS-135 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers |
Displacement | 270 t. |
Length | 136 ft (41 m) |
Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
Propulsion | Two 1,000 shp diesel engines, two shafts |
Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
Complement | 32 |
Armament | 1 × 40 mm gun |
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