USS Flicker (AMS-9)

USS Flicker (AMS-9/YMS-219) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy for clearing coastal minefields during World War II.

History
United States
Laid down:	23 October 1942
Launched:	23 January 1943
Commissioned:	17 February 1947
Decommissioned:	September/October 1953
Stricken:	1 January 1960
Fate:	Fate unknown
General characteristics
Displacement:	270 tons
Length:	136 ft (41 m)
Beam:	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draught:	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion:	two General Motors diesel engines, two shafts
Speed:	15 kts
Complement:	32
Armament:	one single 3 in (76 mm) gun mount, two 20 mm, two dcp

Flicker was laid down 23 October 1942 by the J. N. Martinac Shipbuilding Co., Tacoma, Washington; launched, 23 January 1943; completed, 20 July 1943; commissioned USS YMS-219; named Flicker and reclassified as a motor minesweeper, AMS-9, 17 February 1947; Reclassified as a coastal minesweeper (Old), MSC(O)-9, 7 February 1955.

Flicker was decommissioned in September/October 1953 at Naval Station, Astoria, Oregon. She was struck from the Naval Register, 1 January 1960. Her fate is unknown.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

• Photo gallery of Flicker at NavSource Naval History