USS Barbet (AMS-41)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Barbet.

A YMS-1-class minesweeper
History
United States
Orderedas YMS-45
Laid down20 June 1941
Launched20 April 1942
Commissioned8 June 1942
Decommissioned5 August 1946
In service21 November 1950
Out of service17 June 1955
Stricken1 November 1960
FateBelieved to have been scrapped
General characteristics
Displacement320 tons
Length136 ft (41 m)
Beam24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draught6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Speed13 knots
Complement33
Armamentone 3 in (76 mm) gun mount, two 20 mm machine guns

USS Barbet (AMS-41/YMS-45) was a YMS-1-class auxiliary motor minesweeper of the U.S. Navy. YMS 45 was laid down on 20 June 1941 at Brooklyn, New York, by the Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp.; launched on 20 April 1942; and commissioned on 8 June 1942.

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