USS Barbet (AMc-38)

History
United States
Name	Barbet
Namesake	Barbet
Builder	W. A. Robinson, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts
Laid down	31 January 1941
Launched	24 July 1941
Commissioned	29 September 1941
Decommissioned	16 May 1942
In service	16 May 1942
Out of service	8 February 1946
Stricken	26 February 1946
Identification	Hull symbol:AMc-38 Code letters:NAQS
Fate	Sold, 13 August 1947
Notes	Converted to a merchant fisherman and retained the name Barbet
General characteristics
Class and type	Accentor-class minesweeper
Displacement	221 long tons (225 t)
Length	97 ft 6 in (29.72 m)
Beam	22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Draft	8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)
Installed power	1 × Cooper Bessemer G. N.-8-STB diesel engine 400 bhp (300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × screws
Speed	10 kn (12 mph; 19 km/h)
Complement	17
Armament	2 × .5 in (13 mm) caliber machine guns

USS Barbet (AMc-38) was an Accentor-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 Barbet by the Navy, AMc-38 was laid down on 31 January 1941 at Ipswich, Massachusetts, by W. A. Robinson, Inc.; launched on 24 July 1941; sponsored by Mrs. E. Robinson; and commissioned on 29 September 1941.^[1]