USS Fulmar (AMS-47)

USS Fulmar (AMS-47/YMS-193) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy for use in World War II. Her task was to clear minefields in coastal waterways.

History
United States
Laid down:	31 October 1942
Launched:	2 January 1943
Commissioned:	1 September 1947
Decommissioned:	date unknown
Stricken:	1 October 1968
Fate:	sold, 1 October 1968
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 1,000 shp 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

Fulmar was laid down, 31 October 1942 by the Greenport Basin and Construction Co., Long Island, Greenport, New York; launched, 2 January 1943; completed, 28 June 1943; commissioned USS YMS-193; reclassified as a motor minesweeper and named Fulmar (AMS 47), 1 September 1947; and reclassified as a coastal minesweeper (Old), MSC(O)-47, 7 February 1955.

Fulmar was struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1968 and sold. Her ultimate 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 Fulmar at NavSource Naval History