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Surviving YMSs were reclassified as AMS in 1947, given names, and re-rated as mine warfare ships; in 1955 they received the new type symbol MSC(O), changed to MSCO in 1967. These ships bore much of the mine warfare burden in Korea, formed a major portion of U.S. Navy minecraft strength through the 1950s, and provided underway training for Naval ...
USS Ruff is a name used twice by the United States Navy for minesweepers; USS Ruff (AMc-59) , a coastal minesweeper laid down in 1940. USS Ruff (YMS-327) , a minesweeper commissioned 19 April 1943.
USS Inchon (MCS-12) with four MH-53E minesweeping helicopters on deck, 2001 This is a list of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy.. Ship status is indicated as either currently active [A] (including ready reserve), inactive [I], or precommissioning [P].
The first ship to be named Ruff by the Navy, AMc-59, originally named Speaker, was laid down in 1940 by Martinolich Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California; acquired by the Navy 31 December 1940; named Ruff and designated AMc-59 on 5 March 1941; launched 24 April 1941; sponsored by Miss Martha Jane Shown; and placed in service 31 October 1941.
The 5"/54 caliber Mark 16 gun (spoken "five-inch-fifty-four-caliber") was a late World War II–era naval gun mount used by the United States Navy, and later, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. These guns, designed originally for the Montana -class battleships and then the abortive CL-154-class cruisers , were to be the replacement for the ...
USS Brambling (AMS-42/YMS-109) was a YMS-1-class auxiliary motor minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines from water that had been placed there to prevent ships from passing.
Named USS Seagull and redesignated AMS-55 on 1 September 1947 and recommissioned on 10 May 1950, the former YMS returned to the Atlantic in September 1951 and took up training duties in the 5th Naval district. Initially based at Norfolk, Virginia, and then at the Mine Warfare School, Yorktown, Virginia.
USS Robin (MHC-54) was an Osprey-class coastal minehunter in the United States Navy and is the fourth ship named for the robin. Robin ' s keel was laid on 2 June 1992 and she was commissioned on 11 May 1996, at Naval Station Ingleside, Ingleside, Texas. Struck from the Navy list 15 June 2006, sold by U.S. General Services Administration for ...