USS Bunting (AMc-7)

History
United States
NameUSS Bunting
Launched1935, as SS Vagabond
Acquired22 October 1940
Commissioned6 June 1941
RenamedBunting, 6 November 1940
Stricken24 June 1942
FateSunk after collision, 3 June 1942
General characteristics
TypeCoastal minesweeper
Displacement115 long tons (117 t)
Length79 ft 3 in (24.16 m)
Beam21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
Draft9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
Speed8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph)
Complement16
Armament2 × .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns

USS Bunting (AMc-7) was a coastal minesweeper in the United States Navy. She was named after the bunting, a seed-eating bird intermediate in size between starlings and finches.