USS Kite (AMS-22)

	USS YMS-374 in San Francisco Bay, late 1945 or early 1946. She was later renamed Kite (AMS-22)
History
United States
Name	USS YMS-374
Builder	Weaver Shipyards; Orange, Texas;
Laid down	31 January 1943
Launched	17 February 1944
Commissioned	31 May 1944
Renamed	USS Kite (AMS-22), 18 February 1947
Namesake	the kite bird
Decommissioned	18 February 1947
Reclassified	MSC(O)-22, 7 February 1955
Decommissioned	6 January 1956
Honors and; awards	2 battle stars for World War II service; 10 stars for Korean War service;
Fate	Transferred to South Korea, 6 January 1956
South Korea
Name	ROKS Kim Po (MSC-520)
Acquired	6 January 1956
Fate	Unknown
General characteristics
Class & type	YMS-135 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers
Displacement	270 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	15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	32
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun mount; 2 × 20 mm guns; 2 × depth charge projectors;

USS Kite (MSC(O)-22/AMS-22/YMS-374) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II.