USS Albatross (AMS-1)

USS Albatross (AMS-1)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Albatross.

Career (United States)
Laid down:	27 June 1941
Launched:	5 May 1942
Commissioned:	USS YMS-80, 15 July 1942
Decommissioned:	20 March 1958
Struck:	20 March 1958
Fate:	Sold 19 February 1959
General characteristics
Displacement:	320 tons
Length:	136 ft (41 m)
Beam:	25 ft (7.6 m)
Draught:	10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion:	two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, two shafts
Speed:	14.5 kts
Complement:	27
Armament:	one 3"/50 gun mount, four .50 cal. machine guns, two dct

USS Albatross (AMS-1/YMS-80) was an YMS-1-class auxiliary motor minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II for clearing coastal minefields.

YMS-80 was laid down on 27 June 1941 at Cleveland, Ohio, by the Stadium Yacht Basin, Inc.; launched on 5 May 1942; and commissioned on 15 July 1942, Lt. Charles Bulfinch, USNR, in command.