USS Jacamar (AMc-47)

History
United States
NameUSS Jacamar
BuilderGreenport Basin and Construction Company
Launched10 March 1941
Commissioned25 June 1941
Decommissioned6 December 1945
FateSold, Charleston, S.C., 1947
General characteristics
Class & typeAccentor-class minesweeper
Displacement185 long tons (188 t)
Length97 ft 1 in (29.59 m)
Beam22 ft (6.7 m)
Draft8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement16
Armament2 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) machine guns

USS Jacamar (AMc-47) was an Accentor-class coastal minesweeper of the U.S. Navy. She was built for service during World War II and named after the jacamar.

Jacamar, a wooden-hulled coastal minesweeper, was launched by Greenport Basin and Construction Company, Greenport, Long Island, New York on 10 March 1941 and commissioned on 25 June 1941.