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USS Flicker (AMS 9)

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Laid down
  
23 October 1942

Decommissioned
  
September/October 1953

Fate
  
Fate unknown

Construction started
  
23 October 1942

Length
  
42 m

Draft
  
2.4 m

Commissioned
  
17 February 1947

Struck
  
1 January 1960

Displacement
  
270 tons

Launched
  
23 January 1943

Weight
  
274.3 tons

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.

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.

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USS Flicker (AMS-9) Wikipedia