USS Crossbill (AMS-45)

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USS Crossbill (AMS-45), originally YMS-120, was a YMS-1-class minesweeper built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. It was laid down on August 23, 1941, by Harbor Boat Building Co. in Terminal Island, California; launched on April 4, 1942, and completed on August 1, 1942. The ship was renamed Crossbill and redesignated AMS-45 on September 1, 1947. It was later reclassified as a coastal minesweeper MSC(O)-45 on February 7, 1955, and was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on November 1, 1959. Its fate afterward is unknown.

Class and type: YMS-1-class minesweeper
Displacement: 270 tons
Length: 136 ft
Beam: 24 ft 6 in
Draft: 8 ft
Propulsion: 2 × General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, 2 shafts (880 bhp each)
Speed: 15 knots
Complement: 32
Armament: 1 × 3"/50 caliber dual-purpose gun, 2 × 20 mm, 2 × depth-charge projectors