USS Crossbill (AMS-45)

USS "Crossbill" (MSC(O)-45/AMS-45/YMS-120) was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second U.S. Navy ship to be named for the crossbill.

"Crossbill" was laid down as "YMS-120" on 23 August 1941 by Harbor Boat Building Co. of Terminal Island, California; launched 4 April 1942; completed on 1 August 1942 and commissioned some time after that.

"YMS-120" was renamed and reclassified "Crossbill" (AMS-45) on 1 September 1947. "Crossbill" was reclassified as coastal minesweeper MSC(O)-45 on 7 February 1955, and was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 November 1959. Her fate is unknown.

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