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Kingbird (AMS / MSC 194)


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Bluebird Class Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 26 February 1954 as AMS-194 by the Quincy Adams Yacht Yard, Inc., Quincy, MA.; Launched, 21 May 1954; Redesignated MSC-194, 7 February 1955; Commissioned USS Kingbird (MSC 194), 27 April 1955; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1972; Disposed of through the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service for scrap, 1 March 1973.

Specifications: Displacement 290 t.; Length 144'; Beam 28'; Draft 9'; Speed 13 kts; Complement 39; Armament, two 20mm; Propulsion, diesel.
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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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