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AM-72 / IX-172 Bluebird


Bluebird served the Navies of the United States and Norway.

Laid down, 25 October 1930 as Maine by the Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, ME; Launched, 7 April 1931; Purchased by the Navy, 13 August 1940; Converted into a Minesweeper at General Ship and Engine Works, Inc., East Boston, MA; Commissioned, 28 April 1945 as USS Bluebird (AM 72); Reclassified, 1 June 1944 as a Miscellaneous Unclassified Vessel IX-172; Decommissioned, 12 January 1945 at Boston, MA.; Transferred, 15 November 1945 to the Maritime Commission; Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown; Transferred to Norway, (date unknown). Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 520 t.; Length 132' 4"; Beam 24'; Draft 13'; Complement, unknown; Speed 10 kts.; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount; Propulsion one 550hp diesel engine, one shaft.
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