• USS MSC 257 was ordered as an AM-218 class motor minesweeper but the classification changed 7 February 1955 to MSC-218 class coastal minesweeper before...
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  • Thumbnail for List of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy
    USS MSC-84 USS MSC-85 USS MSC-86 USS MSC-87 USS MSC-88 USS MSC-89 USS MSC-90 USS MSC-91 USS MSC-92 USS MSC-93 USS MSC-94 USS MSC-95 USS MSC-96 USS MSC-97...
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  • Channel (before it joins the Sacramento River to empty into Suisun Bay. USS MSC-257 Stephens Bros. Boat Builders & Designers by Barry J. Ward, copyright...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Heron (AMS-18)
    USS Heron (MSC(O)-18/AMS-18/YMS-369) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. Heron...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Chatterer (AMS-40)
    USS Chatterer (AMS-40/YMS-415) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Harry S. Truman
    USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, and is named after the 33rd President of the United...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Firecrest (AMS-10)
    USS Firecrest (AMS-10/YMS-231) was an YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy for clearing coastal minefields during...
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    until September 1968 when she was replaced as a training ship by USS Jacana (MSC-193). Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register as of October...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Hornbill (AMS-19)
    USS Hornbill (YMS-371 / AMS-19 / MSC(O)-19) 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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  • Thumbnail for USS Fulmar (AMS-47)
    commissioned USS YMS-193; reclassified as a motor minesweeper and named Fulmar (AMS 47), 1 September 1947; and reclassified as a coastal minesweeper (Old), MSC(O)-47...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Swan (AMS-37)
    redesignated MSC(O)-37 on 1 August 1955, and reported to the Florida Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet for inactivation and decommissioning. USS Swan was decommissioned...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Curlew (AMS-8)
    USS Curlew (MSC(O)-8/AMS-8/YMS-218) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Grouse (AMS-15)
    USS Grouse (AMS-15/YMS-321) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. USS Grouse (AMS-15/YMS-321)...
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  • Thumbnail for List of United States Navy ships: W–Z
    Hawk (AP-168) USS Warbler (AM-53/ARS-11, AMS-206/MSC-206) USS Ward (DD-139/APD-16) USS Warren (1775, 1776, 1799, 1827, AP-98/APA-53) USS Warren J. Courtney...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Courlan (AMS-44)
    USS Courlan (AMS-44/MSC(O)-44/YMS-114) was an YMS-1-class auxiliary motor minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Courser (AMS-6)
    USS Courser (MSC(O)-6/AMS-6/YMS-201) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Hummer (AMS-20)
    USS Hummer (AMS-20/YMS-372) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been...
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  • Thumbnail for USS George Washington (CVN-73)
    USS George Washington (CVN-73) is a United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the sixth carrier in the Nimitz class and the fourth US Navy...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Lorikeet (AMS-49)
    relieved as flagship and Naval Reserve training ship on 3 September by USS Limpkin (MSC-195). Placed out of service shortly after, she was struck 1 October...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Flicker (AMS-9)
    commissioned USS YMS-219; named Flicker and reclassified as a motor minesweeper, AMS-9, 17 February 1947; Reclassified as a coastal minesweeper (Old), MSC(O)-9...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Osprey (AMS-28)
    USS Osprey (AMS-28/YMS-422) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the third...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Aeolus (ARC-3)
    (T-ARC-3) of the Military Sealift Command (MSC). The ship was retired in 1985 and sunk as an artificial reef in 1988. USS Turandot was decommissioned on 21 March...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Crossbill (AMS-45)
    USS Crossbill (MSC(O)-45/AMS-45/YMS-120) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second U.S. Navy...
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    Ninoshima (MSC-662) USS Barbet (AMS-41)(YMS-45) USS YMS-61 USS Albatross (AMS-1)(YMS-80) USS Brambling (AMS-42)(YMS-109) USS Brant (AMS-43)(YMS-113) USS Crossbill...
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  • Thumbnail for List of United States Navy ships: L
    USS L-1 (SS-40) USS L-2 (SS-41) USS L-3 (SS-42) USS L-4 (SS-43) USS L-5 (SS-44) USS L-6 (SS-45) USS L-7 (SS-46) USS L-8 (SS-48) USS L-9 (SS-49) USS L-10...
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  • Thumbnail for List of United States Navy ships: A–B
    pages. USS A-1 (SS-2, SP-1370) USS A-2 (SS-3) USS A-3 (SS-4) USS A-4 (SS-5) USS A-5 (SS-6) USS A-6 (SS-7) USS A-7 (SS-8) USS AA-1 (SS-52/SF-1) USS AA-2...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Seagull (AMS-55)
    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. Seagull...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Plover (AMS-33)
    USS Plover (MSC(O)-33/AMS-33/YMS-442) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. YMS-442 was laid...
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  • Thumbnail for USS Mockingbird (AMS-27)
    American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here. "USS Mockingbird (AMS-27, later MSC(O)-27), 1944-1956, originally named YMS-419". USN Ships. DEPARTMENT...
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  • Thumbnail for List of United States Navy ships: G–H
    (YT-390/YTB-390/YTM-390) USS Gandy (DE-764) USS Ganges (1794) USS Gannet (AM-41/AVP-8, AMS-290/MSC-290) USS Gansevoort (DD-608) USS Gantner (DE-60/APD-42) USS Ganymede...
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