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YP-150
Nightingale (AMc 149)
IX-177



AMc-149 call sign: November - Echo - Sierra - Uniform



Nightingale Class Coastal Minesweeper: Built in 1940 as Saint Francis by the Western Boat Building Co., Tacoma, WA; Acquired by the Navy, 13 December 1941 and designated as a District Patrol Craft YP-150; Converted to a Coastal Minesweeper AMc-149, 21 December 1941; Renamed Nightingale, 22 April 1942; Placed in service as Nightingale (AMc 149), 21 May 1942 at Seattle, WA; Reclassified as an Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary IX-177, 10 July 1944; Placed out of service, 3 December 1945; Struck from the Naval Register, 7 February 1946 and transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 160 t.; Length 93'; Beam 24'; Draft 9' 5"; Speed 11 kts; Complement 17; Armament four machine guns; Propulsion diesel.
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History: The fourth Nightingale was built by Western Boat Building Co. Tacoma, Wash. in 1940 as Saint Francis, a woodenhulled, diesel-powered purse seiner. She was acquired by the Navy from her owner, Hubert Ursich, at Tacoma 13 December 1941. Designated YP-150, she performed district patrol duties in the Seattle area.

YP-150 entered the Western Boat Building Co. yard at Tacoma 21 December for conversion to a coastal minesweeper. Renamed Nightingale 22 April 1942, she was placed in service as AMc-149 at Seattle 21 May. Redesignated IX-177 on 10 July 1944, after all the minesweeping equipment had been removed, she continued operations in the Puget Sound area. These included utility services with the Torpedo Training Program out of Whidbey Island Naval Air Station.

She was placed out of service 3 December 1945 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash., struck from the Navy List 7 February 1946, and returned to the War Shipping Administration for disposal.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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