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USS Fulmar (AMS-47)

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A YMS-1-class minesweeper
History
United States
Laid down31 October 1942
Launched2 January 1943
Commissioned1 September 1947
Decommissioneddate unknown
Stricken1 October 1968
FateSold, 1 October 1968
General characteristics
Displacement270 tons
Length136 ft (41 m)
Beam24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draught8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsiontwo 1,000 shp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts
Speed15 kts
Complement32
Armamentone single 3 in (76 mm) gun mount, two 20 mm, two dcp

USS Fulmar (AMS-47/YMS-193) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy for use in World War II. Her task was to clear minefields in coastal waterways.

Fulmar was laid down, 31 October 1942 by the Greenport Basin and Construction Co., Long Island, Greenport, New York; launched, 2 January 1943; completed, 28 June 1943; commissioned USS YMS-193; reclassified as a motor minesweeper and named Fulmar (AMS 47), 1 September 1947; and reclassified as a coastal minesweeper (Old), MSC(O)-47, 7 February 1955.

Fulmar was struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1968 and sold. Her ultimate fate is unknown.

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