USS Barbet (AMc-38)

USS Barbet (AMc-38)

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

Career (US)
Laid down:	31 January 1941
Launched:	24 July 1941
Commissioned:	29 September 1941
Decommissioned:	16 May 1942
In service:	16 May 1942
Out of service:	8 February 1946
Struck:	26 February 1946
Fate:	sold, 13 August 1947
General characteristics
Displacement:	205 tons
Length:	97 ft 5 in (29.69 m)
Beam:	22 ft 5 in (6.83 m)
Draught:	9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) (f.)
Speed:	10.0 knots
Complement:	17
Armament:	two .50 cal. machine guns

USS Barbet (AMc-38) was an Accentor-class coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.

The first ship to be named Barbet by the Navy, AMc-38 was laid down on 31 January 1941 at Ipswich, Massachusetts, by W. A. Robinson, Inc.; launched on 24 July 1941; sponsored by Mrs. E. Robinson; and commissioned on 29 September 1941, Ens. Stuart T. Hotchkiss, USNR, in command.