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US Navy · Mine Warfare

Jackdaw YMS-373

A common crow-like bird, easy to tame, that is noted for pilfering small articles.

YMS-373, commissioned 29 April 1944 (q.v.), was reclassified AMS-211 and given the name Jackdaw 17 February 1947.

Jackdaw (AM-368), an Admirablc-class. minesweeper, was under construction by Puget Sound & Dredging Co., Seattle, Wash., but was cancelled 6 June 1944.

Jackdaw (AM-402), an Admirable-class minesweeper, was under construction at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Mich., but was cancelled 12 August 1945.

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