USS Flamingo (AMS-11)

History
United States
Name	USS YMS-238
Builder	Stadium Yacht Basin, Inc.; Cleveland, Ohio;
Laid down	11 May 1942
Launched	12 September 1942
Acquired	23 November 1942
Commissioned	23 November 1942
Renamed	USS Flamingo (AMS-11), 18 February 1947
Namesake	the flamingo bird
Reclassified	MSC(O)-11, 7 February 1955
Stricken	1 November 1959
Fate	Unknown
General characteristics
Displacement	270 tons
Length	136 ft (41 m)
Beam	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	2 × 880 bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	32
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber dual purpose gun mount; 2 × 20 mm guns; 2 × depth charge projectors;

USS Flamingo (MSC(O)-11/AMS-11/YMS-238) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the third U.S. Navy ship to be named for the flamingo.

History

United States
Name	USS YMS-238
Builder	Stadium Yacht Basin, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio
Laid down	11 May 1942
Launched	12 September 1942
Acquired	23 November 1942
Commissioned	23 November 1942
Renamed	USS Flamingo (AMS-11), 18 February 1947
Namesake	the flamingo bird
Reclassified	MSC(O)-11, 7 February 1955
Stricken	1 November 1959
Fate	Unknown
General characteristics
Displacement	270 tons
Length	136 ft (41 m)
Beam	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	2 × 880 bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines 2 shafts
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	32
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber dual purpose gun mount 2 × 20 mm guns 2 × depth charge projectors