Name USS YMS-120 Completed 1 August 1942 Decommissioned Unknown Launched 4 April 1942 Weight 274.3 tons | Laid down 23 August 1941 Commissioned Unknown Construction started 23 August 1941 Length 42 m Builder Harbor Boat Building | |
Reclassified MSC(O)-45, 7 February 1955 | ||
USS Crossbill (MSC(O)-45/AMS-45/YMS-120) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second U.S. Navy ship to be named for the crossbill.
Crossbill was laid down as YMS-120 on 23 August 1941 by Harbor Boat Building Co. of Terminal Island, California; launched 4 April 1942; completed on 1 August 1942 and commissioned some time after that.
YMS-120 was renamed and reclassified Crossbill (AMS-45) on 1 September 1947. Crossbill was reclassified as coastal minesweeper MSC(O)-45 on 7 February 1955, and was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 November 1959. Her fate is unknown.
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