USS Bluebird (AMS-121)

	Broadside view of Bluebird off south end of Mare Island on 29 September 1953.
History
United States
Name	Bluebird
Namesake	Bluebird
Builder	Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California
Laid down	5 February 1952
Launched	11 May 1953
Commissioned	24 July 1953
Decommissioned	9 September 1968
In service	9 September 1968
Out of service	1 July 1971
Reclassified	Coastal Minesweeper, 7 February 1955
Stricken	2 January 1975
Identification	Hull symbol: AMS-121; Hull symbol: MSC-121;
Fate	Sold for scrap, September 1979
General characteristics
Class and type	Bluebird-class minesweeper
Displacement	330 long tons (340 t)
Length	144 ft 3 in (43.97 m)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m)
Installed power	4 × Packard 600 hp (450 kW) diesel engines; 2,400 hp (1,800 kW);
Propulsion	2 × screws
Speed	14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	39
Armament	2 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons anti-aircraft (AA) mounts; 2 × caliber .50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns; 1 × 81 mm mortar;

USS Bluebird (AMS/MSC-121) was a Bluebird-class minesweeper acquired by the US Navy for clearing minefields in coastal waterways.

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