USS Bunting (AMS-3)

A YMS-1-class minesweeper
History
United States
NameUSS YMS-170
Builder
Laid down1 October 1942
Launched29 May 1943
Sponsored byMiss Lydia Martin
Christened29 May 1943
Commissioned23 July 1943 at Algiers, Louisiana
Decommissioned30 July 1946
RenamedUSS Bunting (AMS-3), 18 February 1947
Namesakebunting
Recommissioned18 July 1950
ReclassifiedMHC-45, 7 February 1955
Decommissioned6 May 1960
Stricken1 June 1960
FateSunk as a target, between July and September 1962
General characteristics
Class & typeYMS-135 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers
Displacement320 (f.) tons
Length136 ft 0 in (41.45 m)
Beam24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Propulsion
Speed12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement33
Armament

USS Bunting (YMS-170/AMS-3/MHC-45) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass in the United States Navy during World War II.

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