USS Curlew (AMS-8)

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

USS Laertes (AR-20) is flanked by five minesweepers and five motor minesweepers at Sasebo, Japan, in 1952. USS Curlew (AMS-8) is the middle ship of the group on the right.
Laertes (AR-20) is flanked on her port by five minesweepers and on her starboard by five motor minesweepers at Sasebo, Japan, in 1952. USS Curlew (AMS-8) is the middle ship of the second group.
History
United States
NameUSS YMS-218
Builder
Laid down18 July 1942
Launched23 December 1942
Completed23 June 1943
Commissioned23 June 1943
Decommissionedearly 1947
RenamedUSS Curlew (AMS-8), 18 February 1947
Namesakethe curlew bird
RecommissionedJune 1949
ReclassifiedMSC(O)-8, 7 February 1955
MottoWhere the fleet goes, we've been!
FateTransferred to South Korea, 6 January 1956
South Korea
NameROKS Geumhwa (MSC 519)
Acquired6 January 1956
United States
NameUSS Curlew (MSC(O)-8)
Stricken15 November 1974
Fatedisposed, c. 1977
General characteristics
Class and typeYMS-135 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers
Displacement270 t.
Length136 ft (41 m)
Beam24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion
Speed15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement32
Armament
Ship caption=A YMS-1-class minesweeper

USS Curlew (MSC(O)-8/AMS-8/YMS-218) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the fourth U.S. Navy ship to be named for the curlew.