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The PCS-1376 class of coastal minesweepers were originally Patrol Craft Sweepers (PCS) which lacked minesweeping gear. They were built on 134-foot YMS-1-class minesweeper hulls and then converted into sonar school ships or back into minesweepers. [4] USS Medrick (AMc-203), ex-PCS-1466; USS Minah (AMc-204), ex-PCS-1465, later AMCU-14
USS Gallant (MSO-489), an Aggressive-class minesweeper, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named Gallant.The ship served in the US Navy from 1954 until 1994, when it was sold to Taiwan under the Security Assistance Program and renamed to Yung Ku (M 1308).
MMS-class minesweeper (403 ships, launched 1940—1945) inshore acoustic / magnetic motor minesweepers; Algerine-class minesweeper (98 ships, launched 1941—1945) twin-screw multi-role minesweeping sloops; Catherine-class minesweeper (22 ships, transferred from the US Navy in 1941 under the Lend-Lease program) twin-screw multi-role ...
The Adjutant-class auxiliary motor minesweepers were built for the United States Navy throughout the 1950s and 1960s, even as late as 1978. Most were loaned to foreign countries under the Military Defense Assistance Pact, with only 24 actually commissioned by the US Navy, with 13 of those eventually being transferred to foreign nations as well.
1 × 40 mm gun 2 x .50 gun USS Firm (AM-444/MSO-444) was an Aggressive -class minesweeper in the United States Navy . Firm was launched 15 April 1953 by J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington ; sponsored by Mrs. Joseph S. Martinac; and commissioned 12 October 1954.
one 40 mm gun mount, two .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns USS Affray (AM-511/MSO-511) was an Acme -class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent the safe passage of ships.
USS Pivot (AM-463/MSO-463) was an Aggressive-class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent the safe passage of ships. The second ship to be named Pivot by the Navy, AM–463 was laid down 31 March 1952 by Wilmington Boat Works , Wilmington, California ; launched 9 January ...
2 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) twin Browning M2 machine guns USS Swerve (MSO-495) was an Agile -class minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent the safe passage of ships.