Kite-class minesweeper

The Kite-class minesweepers were a class of two ships operated by the United States Navy during World War II.

Kite (AM-75)
Class overview
Builders	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Operators	United States
In commission	1941-1944
Completed	2
General characteristics
Type	Minesweeper
Displacement	410 long tons (417 t)
Length	123 ft 10 in (37.74 m)
Beam	23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion	1 × 400 shp (298 kW) Fairbanks-Morse diesel engine 1 × shaft
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 2 × .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns

Both ships were built as fishing trawlers in 1928 by the Bath Iron Works Corporation of Bath, Maine, for F. J. O'Hara and Sons, Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts.

The ships were acquired by the U.S. Navy in late 1940, and converted to minesweepers at Bethlehem Steel Co. of East Boston, Massachusetts, and commissioned in early 1941. Both were disposed of towards the end of the war.

Ships

• USS Kite (AM-75)
• USS Linnet (AM-76)

References

 This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.