USS Lapwing (AMS-48)
Right to left: Tutuila (ARG 4), Peregrine (AM 373), Fulmar (AMS 47), Hawk (AMS 17), Lapwing, and Cardinal (AMS 4) | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | USS YMS-268 |
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| Laid down | 1 December 1942 |
| Launched | 15 April 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. J. H. Granger |
| Commissioned | 31 July 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 1 November 1946 |
| In service | 1 November 1946, Naval Reserve training ship |
| Renamed | USS Lapwing (AMS-48), 1 September 1947 |
| Namesake | Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) |
| Recommissioned | 12 February 1951 |
| Reclassified | MSC(O)-48 on 7 February 1955 |
| Decommissioned | 15 November 1957 |
| Stricken | 1 November 1959 |
| Identification | IMO number: 7309974 |
| Honors & awards | 1 battle star, World War II |
| Fate | Sold for use as fishing boat; ultimate fate unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | YMS-135 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers |
| Displacement | 236 tons |
| Length | 136 ft (41 m) |
| Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
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| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement | 32 |
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USS Lapwing (MSC(O)-48/AMS-48/YMS-268) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named after the lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).