| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Kingbird |
| Namesake | Kingbird |
| Builder | Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California |
| Laid down | 26 February 1954 |
| Launched | 21 May 1954 |
| Commissioned | 27 April 1955 |
| Reclassified | Coastal Minesweeper, 7 February 1955 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1972 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold for scrap, 1 March 1973 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Bluebird-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 290 long tons (290 t) |
| Length | 144 ft 3 in (43.97 m) |
| Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Installed power |
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| 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 |
USS Kingbird (AMS-194) was a Bluebird-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for clearing coastal minefields.