USS Flicker (AMS-9)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Flicker.

A YMS-1-class minesweeper
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

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.

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