USS Spoonbill

History
United States
Name	Spoonbill
Namesake	Spoonbill
Builder	Tampa Marine Company, Tampa, Florida
Laid down	2 November 1953
Launched	3 August 1954
Commissioned	14 June 1955
Decommissioned	16 June 1959
Reclassified	Coastal Minesweeper, 7 February 1955
Stricken	16 June 1959
Identification	Hull symbol: AMS-202; Hull symbol: MSC-202;
Fate	Transferred to the Spanish Navy, 1 July 1959
Spain
Name	Duero
Acquired	1 July 1959
Reclassified	Minesweeper, 1980
Stricken	16 December 1999
Identification	Hull sumbol: M-28; Hull sumbol: M-23; Code letters: EBJB ; ;
Fate	unknown
General characteristics
Class and type	Bluebird-class minesweeper
Displacement	335 long tons (340 t)
Length	144 ft (44 m)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draft	8 ft 4 in (2.54 m)
Installed power	2 × General Motors 8-268A diesel engines; 880 horsepower (660 kW) each;
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

USS Spoonbill (AMS/MSC-202) was a Bluebird-class minesweeper acquired by the US Navy for clearing coastal minefields.

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