USS Swallow (AMS-36)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS YMS-461 |
| Builder |
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| Laid down | 8 June 1943 as PCS-1416 |
| Launched | 8 January 1944 |
| Completed | 21 June 1944 |
| Commissioned | 22 June 1944 |
| Renamed | Swallow (AMS-36), 18 February 1947 |
| Namesake | the swallow |
| Reclassified | MSC(O)-36, 7 February 1955 |
| Decommissioned | 16 April 1955 |
| Honors & awards | 3 battle stars, World War II |
| Fate | Lent to Japan, 16 April 1955 |
| Acquired | returned from Japan, 1 May 1968 |
| Stricken | 1 May 1968 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 5 September 1969 |
| History | |
| Japan | |
| Name | JDS Yugeshima (MSC-660) |
| Acquired | 16 April 1955 |
| Reclassified | YAS-41 |
| Fate | Returned to U.S., 1 May 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 251 tons (lt.) |
| Length | 136 ft (41.5 m) |
| Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement | 33 |
| Armament | |
USS Swallow (MSC(O)-36/AMS-36/YMS-461) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-446 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally laid down as PCS-1416, and, when renamed later in her career, became the third U.S. Navy ship named for the swallow.