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Bunting (MHC 45)
ex-AMS-3
ex-YMS-170



Call sign:
November - Yankee - Lima - Delta
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 1 October 1941 by the Dachel-Carter Shipbuilding Corp., Benton Harbor, MI
  • Launched 29 May 1942
  • Completed 10 July 1943 and commissioned USS YMS-170
  • Named Buntingand reclassified as a Motor Minesweeper, AMS-3, 18 February 1947
  • Assigned as a Naval Reserve Training vessel in November 1948 at San Diego, CA
  • Reclassified as a Coastal Minehunter, MHC-45, 7 February 1955
  • Conversion to MHC-45 began 22 March 1955 at Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, SC
  • Conversion completed 23 August 1955
  • Decommissioned 30 June 1958
  • Struck from the Naval Register 1 June 1960
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 270 t.
  • Length 136'
  • Beam 24' 6"
  • Draft 8'
  • Speed 15 kts.
  • Complement 32
  • Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 20mm mounts and two depth charge projectors
  • Propulsion: Two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    Bunting (AMS 3)
    Bunting 73k . William J. Longhi, Captain, USN, Retired
    Bunting (MHC 45)
    Bunting 43k . William J. Longhi, Captain, USN, Retired
    Commanding Officers
    02LT William John Longhi, USN - Retired as CaptainJuly 1954 - August 1956
    ??LT Henry C. Mustin, USN - USNA Class of 1955
    Awarded two Distinguished Service Medals, three Legions of Merit, three Bronze Stars with Combat “V” and the Meritorious Service Medal
    Retired as Vice Admiral    		.
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler, Ron Reeves and Joe Radigan
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    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway website
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Naval Minewarfare Association
    Association of Minemen
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