USS Lapwing (AMS-48)

Right to left: Tutuila (ARG 4), Peregrine (AM 373), Fulmar (AMS 47), Hawk (AMS 17), Lapwing, and Cardinal (AMS 4)
History
United States
Name	USS YMS-268
Builder	Kruse & Banks Shipbuilding Co. North Bend, Oregon
Laid down	1 December 1942
Launched	15 April 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. J. H. Granger
Commissioned	31 July 1943
Decommissioned	1 November 1946
In service	1 November 1946, Naval Reserve training ship
Renamed	USS Lapwing (AMS-48), 1 September 1947
Namesake	Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Recommissioned	12 February 1951
Reclassified	MSC(O)-48 on 7 February 1955
Decommissioned	15 November 1957
Stricken	1 November 1959
Identification	IMO number: 7309974
Honors and awards	1 battle star, World War II
Fate	Sold for use as fishing boat; ultimate fate unknown[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	YMS-135 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers
Displacement	236 tons
Length	136 ft (41 m)
Beam	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft	10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion	2 × 880 bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines 2 shafts
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	32
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun mount 2 × 20 mm guns 2 × depth charge tracks 1 × depth charge projectors

USS Lapwing (MSC(O)-48/AMS-48/YMS-268) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named after the lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).