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YMS-170
Bunting (AMS 3)
MHC-45


YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Mine Sweeper: Laid down, 1 October 1942 by the Dachel-Carter Shipbuilding Corp., Benton Harbor, MI; Launched, 29 May 1942; Completed, 10 July 1943; Commissioned USS YMS-170, (date unknown); Named and reclassified a Motor Minesweeper Bunting (AMS 3), 18 February 1947; Reclassified a Coastal Minehunter MHC-45, 7 February 1955; Conversion to MHC-44 began, 22 March 1955 at Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, SC; Conversion completed, 23 August 1955; Decommissioned, (date unknown); 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 single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm, two dcp; Propulsion two General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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