USS Brambling (AMS-42)
USS Brambling (AMS-42/YMS-109) was a YMS-1-class auxiliary motor minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines from water that had been placed there to prevent ships from passing. The second ship to be named Brambling by the Navy was laid down as YMS-109 on 21 May 1941 at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, by the Burger Boat Co.; launched on 16 May 1942; and commissioned on 23 September 1942, Lt. Crittenden B. Taylor, USNR, in command.
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USS Brambling (AMS-42)
USS Brambling (AMS-42/YMS-109) was a YMS-1-class auxiliary motor minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines from water that had been placed there to prevent ships from passing. The second ship to be named Brambling by the Navy was laid down as YMS-109 on 21 May 1941 at Manitowoc, Wisconsin, by the Burger Boat Co.; launched on 16 May 1942; and commissioned on 23 September 1942, Lt. Crittenden B. Taylor, USNR, in command.
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USS Brambling (AMS-42/YMS-109) ...... n B. Taylor, USNR, in command.
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active years end date
1955-07-17
active years start date
1946-08-07
commissioning date
1942-09-23
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1946-08-07
laying down
1941-05-21
length (μ)
4.14528e+1
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ship launched
1942-05-16
status
sold 31 August 1961, fate unknown
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13,343,818
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688,218,849
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one 3” gun mount, two 20mm machine guns
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USS Brambling (AMS-42/YMS-109) ...... n B. Taylor, USNR, in command.
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USS Brambling (AMS-42)
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