Minesweepers
US Navy
All Minesweeper classes (in service with the US Navy).
Class | Commissioned | |
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Lapwing (49) | 1918 - 1920 | |
Raven (2) | 1940 - 1940 | |
Accentor (70) | 1941 - 1942 | |
YMS (634) | 1942 - 1945 | |
Auk (95) | 1942 - 1945 | |
Adroit (18) | 1942 - 1943 | |
Admirable (131) | 1943 - 1945 |
7 ship classes.
Please note that we list the classes by navies that initiated/owned the class.
Often vessels of certain classes were then built for other nations (or lent), those ships are not visible here but only through the navies pages or by looking into each class.
War losses: Minesweepers
Date | Vessel | Class | ||
1939 | ||||
8 Sep 1939 | HNMS Willem van Ewijck (i) | Jan van Amstel | ||
14 Sep 1939 | ORP Czapla (CP) | Jaskolka | ||
14 Sep 1939 | ORP Jaskolka (J) | Jaskolka | ||
1940 | ||||
3 Feb 1940 | HMS Sphinx (J 69) | Halcyon | ||
30 Apr 1940 | HMS Dunoon (J 52) | Hunt | ||
13 May 1940 | HNMS M 2 | M | ||
14 May 1940 | HNMS Abraham van der Hulst | Jan van Amstel | ||
14 May 1940 | HNMS M 1 | M | ||
14 May 1940 | HNMS M 3 | M | ||
14 May 1940 | HNMS M 4 | M | ||
14 May 1940 | HNMS Pieter Florisz | Jan van Amstel | ||
1 Jun 1940 | HMS Skipjack (J 38) | Halcyon | ||
17 Oct 1940 | HMS Dundalk (J 60) | Hunt | ||
19 Oct 1940 | HMCS Bras d'Or | |||
1941 | ||||
31 Jan 1941 | HMS Huntley (J 56) | Hunt | ||
4 May 1941 | HMS Fermoy (J 40) | Hunt | ||
7 May 1941 | HMS Stoke (J 33) | Hunt | ||
20 May 1941 | HMS Widnes (J 55) | Hunt | ||
7 Aug 1941 | HMS MMS 39 (J 539) | MMS I | ||
8 Dec 1941 | USS Penguin (AM 33) | Lapwing | ||
10 Dec 1941 | USS Bittern (AM 36) | Lapwing | ||
1942 | ||||
13 Feb 1942 | HMS MMS 180 (J 680) | MMS I | ||
1 Mar 1942 | HNMS A | A | ||
2 Mar 1942 | HNMS B | A | ||
2 Mar 1942 | HNMS D | A | ||
4 Mar 1942 | HMS MMS 51 (J 551) | MMS I | ||
6 Mar 1942 | HNMS C | A | ||
6 Mar 1942 | HNMS Pieter de Bitter | Jan van Amstel | ||
8 Mar 1942 | HNMS Eland Dubois | Jan van Amstel | ||
8 Mar 1942 | HNMS Jan van Amstel | Jan van Amstel | ||
5 Apr 1942 | HMS Abingdon (J 23) | Hunt | ||
10 Apr 1942 | USS Finch (AM 9) | Lapwing | ||
4 May 1942 | USS Pigeon (ASR 6) | Lapwing | ||
4 May 1942 | USS Tanager (AM 5) | Lapwing | ||
5 May 1942 | USS Quail (i) (AM 15) | Lapwing | ||
27 May 1942 | HMS Fitzroy (i) (J 03) | Hunt | ||
7 Jun 1942 | USS Gannet (AVP 8) | Lapwing | ||
24 Jun 1942 | HMS Gossamer (J 63) | Halcyon | ||
5 Jul 1942 | HMS Niger (i) (J 73) | Halcyon | ||
12 Jul 1942 | HNMS Terschelling (i) (FY 174) | MMS I | ||
20 Sep 1942 | HMS Leda (J 93) | Halcyon | ||
8 Nov 1942 | FR La Surprise | Chamois | ||
9 Nov 1942 | HMS Cromer (J 128) | Bangor | ||
15 Nov 1942 | HMS Algerine (J 213) | Algerine | ||
1 Dec 1942 | HMAS Armidale (J 240) | Bathurst | ||
31 Dec 1942 | HMS Bramble (i) (J 11) | Halcyon | ||
1943 | ||||
2 Jan 1943 | HMS Alarm (J 140) | Algerine | ||
2 Jan 1943 | USS Grebe (AM 43) | Lapwing | ||
20 Feb 1943 | USS YMS-133 (YMS-133) | YMS | ||
12 May 1943 | HMS MMS 89 (J 589) | MMS I | ||
11 Jun 1943 | HMAS Wallaroo (J 222) | Bathurst | ||
29 Jun 1943 | USS Redwing (ARS 4) | Lapwing | ||
12 Jul 1943 | USS Sentinel (AM 113) | Auk | ||
19 Sep 1943 | HMS BYMS 2019 (J 819) | YMS | ||
24 Sep 1943 | HMS MMS 70 (J 570) | MMS I | ||
25 Sep 1943 | USS Skill (AM 115) | Auk | ||
11 Oct 1943 | HMS Hythe (J 194) | Bangor | ||
23 Oct 1943 | HMS Cromarty (J 09) | Bangor | ||
31 Oct 1943 | HMCS Chedabucto (J 168) | Bangor | ||
22 Nov 1943 | HMS Hebe (J 24) | Halcyon | ||
18 Dec 1943 | HMS Felixstowe (J 126) | Bangor | ||
31 Dec 1943 | HMS Clacton (J 151) | Bangor | ||
1944 | ||||
22 Jan 1944 | USS Portent (AM 106) | Auk | ||
25 Jan 1944 | USS YMS-30 (YMS-30) | YMS | ||
20 May 1944 | HNMS Marken (i) (FY 227) | MMS I | ||
5 Jun 1944 | USS Osprey (AM 56) | Raven | ||
7 Jun 1944 | USS Tide (AM 125) | Auk | ||
11 Jun 1944 | USS Partridge (AM 16) | Lapwing | ||
13 Jun 1944 | HMS MMS 229 (J 729) | MMS I | ||
24 Jun 1944 | HMS MMS 8 (J 508) | MMS I | ||
29 Jun 1944 | USS Valor (AMc-108) | Accentor | ||
2 Jul 1944 | HMS MMS 1019 (FY 1019) | MMS II | ||
2 Jul 1944 | USS YMS-350 (YMS-350) | YMS | ||
6 Jul 1944 | HMS Cato (J 16) | Auk | ||
6 Jul 1944 | HMS Magic (J 400) | Auk | ||
8 Jul 1944 | HMS Pylades (J 401) | Auk | ||
9 Jul 1944 | USS Swerve (AM 121) | Auk | ||
10 Jul 1944 | HMS MMS 55 (J 555) | MMS I | ||
30 Jul 1944 | USS YMS-304 (YMS-304) | YMS | ||
30 Jul 1944 | USS YMS-378 (YMS-378) | YMS | ||
16 Aug 1944 | HMS BYMS 2022 (J 822) | YMS | ||
16 Aug 1944 | USS YMS-24 (YMS-24) | YMS | ||
22 Aug 1944 | HMS Rattler (J 217) | Algerine | ||
27 Aug 1944 | HMS Britomart (J 22) | Halcyon | ||
27 Aug 1944 | HMS Hussar (J 82) | Halcyon | ||
1 Sep 1944 | HMS MMS 117 (J 617) | MMS I | ||
1 Sep 1944 | USS YMS-21 (YMS-21) | YMS | ||
12 Sep 1944 | USS YMS-409 (YMS-409) | YMS | ||
14 Sep 1944 | HMS MMS 278 (J 778) | MMS I | ||
24 Sep 1944 | USS YMS-19 (YMS-19) | YMS | ||
1 Oct 1944 | USS YMS-385 (YMS-385) | YMS | ||
5 Oct 1944 | HMS BYMS 2255 (J 1055) | YMS | ||
8 Oct 1944 | HMS BYMS 2030 (J 830) | YMS | ||
12 Oct 1944 | HMS MMS 170 (J 670) | MMS I | ||
15 Oct 1944 | RHS Kassos | YMS | ||
15 Oct 1944 | RHS Kos | YMS | ||
17 Oct 1944 | USS YMS-70 (YMS-70) | YMS | ||
18 Oct 1944 | HMAS Geelong (J 201) | Bathurst | ||
25 Oct 1944 | HMS BYMS 2077 (J 877) | YMS | ||
29 Nov 1944 | HMS MMS 101 (J 601) | MMS I | ||
11 Dec 1944 | HMS MMS 257 (J 757) | MMS I | ||
24 Dec 1944 | HMCS Clayoquot (J 174) | Bangor | ||
1945 | ||||
1945 | HMS MMS 77 (J 577) | MMS I | ||
11 Jan 1945 | USS YMS-14 (YMS-14) | YMS | ||
12 Jan 1945 | HMS Regulus (ii) (J 327) | Algerine | ||
30 Jan 1945 | HMS MMS 248 (J 748) | MMS I | ||
4 Feb 1945 | HMS MMS 68 (J 568) | MMS I | ||
14 Feb 1945 | USS YMS-48 (YMS-48) | YMS | ||
17 Mar 1945 | HMCS Guysborough (J 52) | Bangor | ||
28 Mar 1945 | USS Skylark (AM 63) | Auk | ||
3 Apr 1945 | USS YMS-71 (YMS-71) | YMS | ||
8 Apr 1945 | USS YMS-103 (YMS-103) | YMS | ||
16 Apr 1945 | HMCS Esquimalt (J 272) | Bangor | ||
22 Apr 1945 | USS Swallow (AM 65) | Auk | ||
28 Apr 1945 | HMS BYMS 2053 (J 853) | YMS | ||
2 May 1945 | USS YMS-481 (YMS-481) | YMS | ||
8 Jun 1945 | USS Salute (AM 294) | Admirable | ||
18 Jun 1945 | USS YMS-50 (YMS-50) | YMS | ||
25 Jun 1945 | HMS MMS 168 (J 668) | MMS I | ||
26 Jun 1945 | USS YMS-365 (YMS-365) | YMS | ||
26 Jun 1945 | USS YMS-39 (YMS-39) | YMS | ||
9 Jul 1945 | USS YMS-84 (YMS-84) | YMS | ||
24 Jul 1945 | HMS Squirrel (J 301) | Algerine | ||
26 Jul 1945 | HMS Vestal (J 215) | Algerine |
125 Minesweepers lost. See all Allied Warship losses.
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