USS Hornbill (AMc-13)

USS Hornbill (AMc-13)

USS Hornbill (AMc-13) was a coastal minesweeper of the United States Navy, named after the hornbill.

The ship was launched as the fishing boat J. A. Martinolich in 1938 by the Martinolich Repair Basin, Tacoma, Washington. She was taken over by the Navy, and commissioned on 7 December 1940.

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