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Hornbill (MSC[O] 19)
ex-AMS-19
ex-YMS-371
Call sign:
November - Charlie - Xray - Lima
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 17 November 1942 by Weaver Shipyards, Orange, TX; Launched, 27 November 1943; Completed and commissioned USS YMS-371, 29 February 1944; Named Hornbill and reclassified a Motor Minesweeper, AMS-19, 18 February 1947; Reclassified a Coastal Minesweeper (Old), MSC(O)-19, 7 February 1955; Decommissioned in 1955; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 November 1959; Sold 30 June 1960 and renamed Los Buscaderos; Sold in 1968 and renamed Peacock; Renamed Spirit of AmericaSunk at Scorpion Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island, California.
Specifications: Displacement 245 t.; Length 136'; Beam 22' 9"; Draft 6' 3"; Speed 14.5 kts; Complement 50; Armament one single 3"/50; Propulsion two 1,800 bhp General Motors diesels, two shafts.
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