USS Sanderling (AMCU-49)

	A YMS-1-class minesweeper
History
United States
Name	USS PCS-1393
Builder	Robert Jacob Inc.; City Island, New York;
Laid down	22 May 1943
Reclassified	YMS-446, 27 September 1943
Launched	26 February 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. Joseph K. Harvey
Commissioned	9 June 1944
Renamed	USS Sanderling (AMS-35), 17 February 1947
Namesake	sanderling
Reclassified	AMCU-49, 1 February 1955; MHC-59, 7 February 1955;
Decommissioned	14 November 1957
Stricken	1 November 1959
Honors &; awards	1 battle star, post-World War II minesweeping operations
Fate	Berthed at Green Cove Springs, Florida
General characteristics
Class & type	lead ship of the YMS-446 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweeper
Displacement	320 t.
Length	136 ft (41 m)
Beam	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	2 × 880 bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h)
Complement	38
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun mount; 2 × 20 mm guns; 2 × depth charge projectors;

USS Sanderling (AMS-35/AMCU-49/MHC-49/YMS-446/PCS-1393) was the lead ship of her subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers built for the United States Navy during World War II.