USS Cormorant (AMS-122)

	USS Cormorant (AMS-122), off Mare Island, 13 October 1953.
History
United States
Name	Cormorant
Namesake	Cormorant
Builder	Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California
Laid down	5 February 1952
Launched	8 June 1953
Commissioned	14 August 1953
Reclassified	Coastal Minesweeper, 7 February 1955
Stricken	15 March 1974
Identification	Hull symbol: AMS-122; Hull symbol: MSC-122;
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1 December 1974
General characteristics
Class and type	Bluebird-class minesweeper
Displacement	330 long tons (340 t)
Length	144 ft (44 m)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m)
Installed power	4 × Packard 600 hp (450 kW) diesel engines; 2,400 hp (1,800 kW);
Propulsion	2 × screws
Speed	13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	39
Armament	2 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons anti-aircraft (AA) mounts; 2 × caliber .50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns; 1 × 81 mm mortar;

USS Cormorant (AMS-122/MSC-122) was a Bluebird-class minesweeper in the United States Navy.

History
USS Cormorant (AMS-122), off Mare Island, 13 October 1953.
United States
Name	Cormorant
Namesake	Cormorant
Builder	Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California
Laid down	5 February 1952
Launched	8 June 1953
Commissioned	14 August 1953
Reclassified	Coastal Minesweeper, 7 February 1955
Stricken	15 March 1974
Identification	Hull symbol: AMS-122 Hull symbol: MSC-122
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1 December 1974
General characteristics ^[1]
Class and type	Bluebird-class minesweeper
Displacement	330 long tons (340 t)
Length	144 ft (44 m)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m)
Installed power	4 × Packard 600 hp (450 kW) diesel engines 2,400 hp (1,800 kW)
Propulsion	2 × screws
Speed	13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	39
Armament	2 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons anti-aircraft (AA) mounts 2 × caliber .50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns 1 × 81 mm mortar