USS Swallow (AM-65) was an Auk-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II.

Swallow (AM-65) was laid down on 19 July 1941 by the General Engineering & Dry Dock Company of Alameda, California; launched on 6 May 1942; and commissioned on 14 January 1943.

Swallow completed fitting out at San Francisco, California, and, on 2 March, got underway for Pearl Harbor, where she arrived on the 13th.

However, the invasion of the island was delayed by the Battle of the Philippine Sea and by the realization that additional troops would be needed for the operation.

Thus, TF 53 steamed around in the ocean 150 to 300 miles east of Saipan until 25 June when Admiral Spruance ordered the bulk of it to Eniwetok to await additional forces from Hawaii.

She spent ten days, 9 to 19 February, conducting exercises in Hawaiian waters in preparation for the invasion of Okinawa.

Five days later, she arrived off Okinawa and commenced a week of mine-sweeping operations to clear the approach to the beaches for landing ships and craft.

At 18:58 on that day, a Japanese kamikaze suicide plane swooped down out of heavy clouds and crashed into Swallow's starboard side, amidships, just above the waterline.

On 10 July 1957, 12 years after Swallow's sinking, the Secretary of the Navy authorized the donation of her sunken hulk to the government of the Ryukyu Islands.