auxiliary minesweepers, ex-trawlers with steel hull
less than 1000 t of displacement:
| AM66 Bullfinch (ex-Villanova) (1937, 516, 1 - 76/50, 10/1940 - 9/1944), AM67 Cardinal (ex-Jeanne d`Arc) (1937, 516, 1 - 76/50, 11/1940 - 9/1944), AM68 Catbird (ex-Bittern) (1938, 570, 1 - 76/50, 11/1940 - 8/1944), AM69 Curlew (ex-Kittiwake) (1938, 570, 1 - 76/50, 11/1940 - 6/1944), AM70 Flicker (ex-Delaware) (1937, 510, 1 - 76/23, 10/1940 - 4/1944), AM71 Albatross (ex-Illinois) (1931, 510, 1 - 76/50, 11/1940 - 6/1944), AM72 Bluebird (ex-Maine) (1931, 520, 1 - 76/50, 11/1940 - 6/1944), AM73 Grackle (ex-Notre Dame) (1919, 525, 1 - 76/23, 2/1941 - 9/1944), AM74 Gull (ex-Boston College) (1928, 410, 1 - 76/50, 12/1940 - 8/1944), AM75 Kite (ex-Holy Cross) (1928, 482, 1 - 76/50, 3/1941 - 8/1944), AM76 Linnet (ex-Georgetown) (1928, 410, 1 - 76/50, 3/1941 - 4/1944), AM77 Goldfinch (ex-Fordham) (1929, 455, 1 - 76/50, 1/1941 - 8/1944), AM79 Goshawk (ex-Penobscot) (1919, 585, 1 - 76/50, 3/1941 - 10/1944), AM80 Goldcrest (ex-Shawmut) (1928, 400, 1 - 76/50, 5/1941 - 6/1946), AM81 Chaffinch (ex-Trimount) (1928, 400, 1 - 76/50, 7/1941 - 9/1946), AM132 Eagle (ex-Wave), 4/1942- PYc40 Captor (1938, 520, 1 - 102/50, 3/1942 - 10/1944), AM133 Hawk (ex-Gale) (1937, 530, 5/1942 - 9/1944), AM134 Ibis (ex-Tide) (1937, 590, 5/1942 - 9/1944), AM135 Merganser (ex-Ocean) (1937, 590, 5/1942 - 9/1944) |
auxiliary coastal minesweepers, ex-trawlers with wooden hull
less than 1000 t of displacement:
| AMc1 Pipit (ex-Spartan) (1936, 210, 3/1941 - 10/1944), AMc2 Magpie (ex-City of San Pedro) (1936, 210, 3/1941 - 10/1944), AMc3 Plover (ex-Sea Rover) (1936, 197, 6/1941 - 10/1944), AMc5 Kestrel (ex-Chanco) (1938, 219, 1/1941 - 7/1944), AMc6 Heath Hen (ex-Noreen) (1936, 270, 1/1941 - 3/1944), AMc7 Bunting (ex-Vagabond) (1935, 200, 10/1940 - 3/6/1942), AMc8 Cockatoo (ex-Vashon) (1935, 200, 4/1941 - 9/1946), AMc9 Crossbill (ex-North Star) (1935, 200, 3/1941 - 1947), AMc10 Longspur (ex-New Ambassador) (1935, 200, 4/1941 - 9/1944), AMc11 Sanderling (ex-New Conti di Savoia) (1937, 180, 4/1941 - 10/1944), AMc12 Grouse (ex-New Bol) (1938, 200, 6/1941 - 9/1944), AMc13 Hornbill (ex-J. A. Martinolich) (1938, 195, 12/1940 - 30/6/1942), AMc14 Condor (ex-New Example) (1937, 195, 4/1941 - 2/1946), AMc15 Waxbill (ex-Leslie J. Fulton) (1936, 195, 11/1940 - 10/1944), AMc16 Chatterer (ex-Sea Breeze) (1936, 195, 11/1940 - 10/1944), AMc17 Pintail (ex-Three Star) (1937, 210, 2/1941 - 3/1945), AMc18 Nightingale (ex-Majestic), 5/1941- YP166 (1934, 197, 1/1941 - 10/1944), AMc19 Grosbeak (ex-Del Rio) (1935, 185, 11/1940 - 10/1944), AMc20 Crow (ex-Jardan) (1935, 185, 2/1941 - 23/8/1943), AMc21 Killdeer (ex-Vindicator) (1930, 110, 11/1940 - 9/1944), AMc23 Blue Jay (ex-Charles S. Ashley) (1936, 199, 1941 - 1/1944), AMc24 Egret (ex-Julia Eleanor) (1937, 110, 6/1941 - 7/1944), AMc26 Humming Bird (ex-Whaling City) (1938, 180, 6/1941 - 6/1944), AMc27 Frigate Bird (ex-Star of San Pedro) (1935, , 1/1941 - 11/1944), AMc28 Mockingbird (ex-Rio Douro) (1936, 205, 6/1941 - 7/1944), AMc29 Puffin (ex-Mary Jane) (1936, 225, 5/1941 - 6/1944), AMc30 Reedbird (ex-Fearless) (1935, 223, 4/1941 - 2/1946), AMc32 Courser (ex-Nancy Rose) (,, 1941 - 9/1944), AMc33 Firecrest (ex-S. G. Giuseppe) (1937,, 4/1941 - 10/1944), AMc34 Parrakeet (ex-Jackie Sue) (1934, 197, 4/1941 - 12/1944), AMc35 Roadrunner (ex-Treasure Island) (1939, 175, 6/1941 - 10/1944), AMc56 Kingbird (ex-Governor Saltonstall) (1939, 206, 7/1941 - 7/1944), AMc57 Phoebe (ex-Western Robin) (1941, 176, 5/1941 - 1/1946), AMc60 Chanticleer (ex-R. Lenahan) (1941, 340, 4/1941 - 5/1941), AMc149 Nightingale (ex-YP150, ex-St. Francis) (1940, 197, 5/1942 - 2/1946) |
Ship project history: Fishing vessels with steel (AM) and wooden (AMc) hulls, acquired by the Navy for use as minesweepers.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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