USS Kestrel (AMCU-26) was an LCI(L)-351-class large landing craft of the United States Navy, later converted to an AMCU-7-class Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator).
The ship was laid down on 7 September 1944 by the New Jersey Shipbuilding Company, of Barber, New Jersey, launched on 6 October 1944, and commissioned as USS LSI(L)-874 on 13 October 1944.