USS Minah (AMc-204)

History
United States
NameUSS PCS-1465
Orderedas PC-1465
ReclassifiedPCS-1465, 8 April 1943
Builder
Laid down17 June 1943
LaunchedDecember 1943
Commissioned15 February 1944
RenamedMinah (AMc-204), 10 January 1945
Namesakethe myna bird (variant spelling)
ReclassifiedAMCU-14, 7 March 1952
RefitApril 1952, New York Naval Shipyard
ReclassifiedMHC-14, 7 February 1955
DecommissionedSeptember 1959
Stricken1 November 1959
Honors and
awards
1 battle star, World War II
FateSold, 8 September 1960
General characteristics
Class and typePCS-1376-class minesweeper
Displacement280 tons
Length136 ft (41 m)
Beam23 ft 4 in (7.11 m)
Draft8 ft 7 in (2.62 m)
PropulsionTwo 1,000bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, two shafts.
Speed14.1 knots (26.1 km/h)
Complement54
Armament

USS PCS-1465 was a PCS-1376-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. Late in the war she was renamed and reclassified Minah (AMc-204), and in the 1950s reclassified first as AMCU-14 and later as MHC-14. Named for the myna under a variant spelling, she was the only U.S. Navy ship of that name.