USS Grackle (AMS-13)

A YMS-1-class minesweeper
History
United States
NameUSS YMS-312
Builder
Laid down7 June 1943
Launched9 November 1943
Sponsored byMrs. W. G. Kroepke
Completed4 December 1943
Commissioned6 December 1943
RenamedUSS Grackle (AMS-13), 18 February 1947
Namesakethe grackle bird
ReclassifiedMSC(O)-13, 7 February 1955
Decommissioned11 October 1957
Stricken1 March 1963
FateTransferred to Brazil, 19 April 1963
Brazil
NameJuruena (M14)
Acquired19 April 1963
FateUnknown
General characteristics
Class & typeYMS-135 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers
Displacement270 t.
Length136 ft (41 m)
Beam24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft8 ft (2.4 m)
PropulsionTwo 1,000 shp diesel engines, two shafts
Speed13 knots (24 km/h)
Complement32
Armament1 × 40 mm gun

USS Grackle (MSC(O)-13/AMS-13/YMS-312) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II.

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