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100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels

auxiliary minesweepers, ex-trawlers with steel hull

AM66 Bullfinch (ex-Villanova) (1937, 516, 1 - 76/50, 10.1940 - 9.1944), AM67 Cardinal (ex-Jeanne d`Arc) (1937, 516, 1 - 76/50, 11.1940 - 9.1944), AM68 Catbird (ex-Bittern) (1938, 570, 1 - 76/50, 11.1940 - 8.1944), AM69 Curlew (ex-Kittiwake) (1938, 570, 1 - 76/50, 11.1940 - 6.1944), AM70 Flicker (ex-Delaware) (1937, 510, 1 - 76/23, 10.1940 - 4.1944), AM71 Albatross (ex-Illinois) (1931, 510, 1 - 76/50, 11.1940 - 6.1944), AM72 Bluebird (ex-Maine) (1931, 520, 1 - 76/50, 11.1940 - 6.1944), AM73 Grackle (ex-Notre Dame) (1919, 525, 1 - 76/23, 2.1941 - 9.1944), AM74 Gull (ex-Boston College) (1928, 410, 1 - 76/50, 12.1940 - 8.1944), AM75 Kite (ex-Holy Cross) (1928, 482, 1 - 76/50, 3.1941 - 8.1944), AM76 Linnet (ex-Georgetown) (1928, 410, 1 - 76/50, 3.1941 - 4.1944), AM77 Goldfinch (ex-Fordham) (1929, 455, 1 - 76/50, 1.1941 - 8.1944), AM79 Goshawk (ex-Penobscot) (1919, 585, 1 - 76/50, 3.1941 - 10.1944), AM80 Goldcrest (ex-Shawmut) (1928, 400, 1 - 76/50, 5.1941 - 6.1946), AM81 Chaffinch (ex-Trimount) (1928, 400, 1 - 76/50, 7.1941 - 9.1946), AM132 Eagle (ex-Wave), 4.1942- PYc40 Captor (1938, 520, 1 - 102/50, 3.1942 - 10.1944), AM133 Hawk (ex-Gale) (1937, 530, 5.1942 - 9.1944), AM134 Ibis (ex-Tide) (1937, 590, 5.1942 - 9.1944), AM135 Merganser (ex-Ocean) (1937, 590, 5.1942 - 9.1944)

auxiliary coastal minesweepers, ex-trawlers with wooden hull

AMc1 Pipit (ex-Spartan) (1936, 210, 3.1941 - 10.1944), AMc2 Magpie (ex-City of San Pedro) (1936, 210, 3.1941 - 10.1944), AMc3 Plover (ex-Sea Rover) (1936, 197, 6.1941 - 10.1944), AMc5 Kestrel (ex-Chanco) (1938, 219, 1.1941 - 7.1944), AMc6 Heath Hen (ex-Noreen) (1936, 270, 1.1941 - 3.1944), AMc7 Bunting (ex-Vagabond) (1935, 200, 10.1940 - 3.6.1942), AMc8 Cockatoo (ex-Vashon) (1935, 200, 4.1941 - 9.1946), AMc9 Crossbill (ex-North Star) (1935, 200, 3.1941 - 1947), AMc10 Longspur (ex-New Ambassador) (1935, 200, 4.1941 - 9.1944), AMc11 Sanderling (ex-New Conti di Savoia) (1937, 180, 4.1941 - 10.1944), AMc12 Grouse (ex-New Bol) (1938, 200, 6.1941 - 9.1944), AMc13 Hornbill (ex-J. A. Martinolich) (1938, 195, 12.1940 - 30.6.1942), AMc14 Condor (ex-New Example) (1937, 195, 4.1941 - 2.1946), AMc15 Waxbill (ex-Leslie J. Fulton) (1936, 195, 11.1940 - 10.1944), AMc16 Chatterer (ex-Sea Breeze) (1936, 195, 11.1940 - 10.1944), AMc17 Pintail (ex-Three Star) (1937, 210, 2.1941 - 3.1945), AMc18 Nightingale (ex-Majestic), 5.1941- YP166 (1934, 197, 1.1941 - 10.1944), AMc19 Grosbeak (ex-Del Rio) (1935, 185, 11.1940 - 10.1944), AMc20 Crow (ex-Jardan) (1935, 185, 2.1941 - 23.8.1943), AMc21 Killdeer (ex-Vindicator) (1930, 110, 11.1940 - 9.1944), AMc23 Blue Jay (ex-Charles S. Ashley) (1936, 199, 1941 - 1.1944), AMc24 Egret (ex-Julia Eleanor) (1937, 110, 6.1941 - 7.1944), AMc26 Humming Bird (ex-Whaling City) (1938, 180, 6.1941 - 6.1944), AMc27 Frigate Bird (ex-Star of San Pedro) (1935, , 1.1941 - 11.1944), AMc28 Mockingbird (ex-Rio Douro) (1936, 205, 6.1941 - 7.1944), AMc29 Puffin (ex-Mary Jane) (1936, 225, 5.1941 - 6.1944), AMc30 Reedbird (ex-Fearless) (1935, 223, 4.1941 - 2.1946), AMc32 Courser (ex-Nancy Rose) (,, 1941 - 9.1944), AMc33 Firecrest (ex-S. G. Giuseppe) (1937,, 4.1941 - 10.1944), AMc34 Parrakeet (ex-Jackie Sue) (1934, 197, 4.1941 - 12.1944), AMc35 Roadrunner (ex-Treasure Island) (1939, 175, 6.1941 - 10.1944), AMc56 Kingbird (ex-Governor Saltonstall) (1939, 206, 7.1941 - 7.1944), AMc57 Phoebe (ex-Western Robin) (1941, 176, 5.1941 - 1.1946), AMc60 Chanticleer (ex-R. Lenahan) (1941, 340, 4.1941 - 5.1941), AMc149 Nightingale (ex-YP150, ex-St. Francis) (1940, 197, 5.1942 - 2.1946)

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Project history

Fishing vessels with steel (AM) and wooden (AMc) hulls, acquired by the Navy for use as minesweepers.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.