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USS Waxbill (MHC-50)
Minesweeper of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Waxbill.
USS Waxbill (MHC-50/AMCU-50/AMS-39/YMS-479/PCS-1456) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-446 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines placed in the water to prevent ships from passing.
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Name | USS YMS-479 |
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Laid down | 28 April 1943 as PCS-1456 |
Reclassified | YMS-479, 27 September 1943 |
Launched | 30 September 1943 |
Commissioned | 20 July 1944 |
Decommissioned | 6 August 1946 |
Renamed | USS Waxbill (AMS-39), 18 February 1947 |
In service | 19 January 1949, Naval Reserve training vessel, Seattle, Washington |
Recommissioned | 1 September 1950, in reserve |
Recommissioned | 25 September 1950, full |
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Recommissioned | 1 May 1958, in reserve |
Decommissioned | 30 June 1958 |
Stricken | 1 November 1959 |
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Fate | Unknown |
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Class and type | YMS-446 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers |
Displacement | 320 tons |
Length | 136 ft 0 in (41.45 m) |
Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
Draft | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) (max.) |
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Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Complement | 32 |
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