USS Humming Bird (AMc-26)
- USS Humming Bird (AMc-26)
USS "Humming Bird" (AMc-26) was a "Humming Bird"-class coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.
The first ship to be named "Humming Bird" by the Navy was a wooden dragger, built as "Whaling City" in 1936 by Morse Shipyard, Thomaston, Maine; acquired by purchase 30 October 1940 from her owner, William Hayes of New Bedford, Massachusetts; converted to Navy use at Geo. Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts, and placed in service 12 June 1941.
"Humming Bird" operated throughout the war as a minesweeper and minesweeping training vessel, largely in the vicinity of Mine Warfare Training School, Yorktown, Virginia.
She was reclassified Small Boat C-13548, 12 June 1944 and placed out of service at New York 18 February 1945. Delivered to the Maritime Commission, the craft was eventually sold.
References
*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h9/humming_bird-i.htm
External links
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/03026.htm NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - Humming Bird (AMc 26) - C-13548]
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