USS Spoonbill (AMS/MSC-202) was a Bluebird-class minesweeper acquired by the US Navy for clearing coastal minefields.
On 4 July 1955, she was assigned to United States Mine Force, Atlantic Fleet, Charleston, South Carolina.
[2] She steamed from Charleston on 3 February 1956, for Yorktown, Virginia, where she was assigned duty with the Naval Mine Warfare School, embarking students for daily cruises to participate in minesweeping operations and training with fleet units.
[2] Ordered back to the US East Coast, Spoonbill arrived at Norfolk on 9 March, to enter the navy yard for an overhaul in preparation for transfer to Spain.
Spoonbill was struck from the Navy List on 16 June 1959, and transferred to Spain on 1 July, under the Military Assistance Program.