USS Nightingale (AMS-50)

A YMS-1-class minesweeper
History
United States
Orderedas YMS–290
Laid downdate unknown
Launched27 February 1943
Commissioned17 July 1943
DecommissionedMarch 1950
In serviceFebruary 1951
Out of service1 November 1959
Stricken1 November 1959
FateSold for scrap
General characteristics
Displacement270 tons
Length136 ft (41 m)
Beam25 ft (7.6 m)
Draft8 ft (2.4 m)
Speed13.0 knots
Complement26
Armamentone 40 mm and four 20 mm machine guns

USS Nightingale (MSC(O)-50/AMS-50/YMS-290) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.

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