USS Goldfinch (AMS-12/YMS-306) was a YMS-1-classminesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.
She was named Goldfinch (AMS-12) 17 February 1947. Her designation was changed to MSO(O)-12, 7 February 1955. The ship continued her schedule of sweeping operations until 15 July 1957 when she sailed from Charleston to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Arriving 18 July, she decommissioned 11 October 1957 and was placed in the Philadelphia Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet until struck from the Navy List 1 November 1957 and sold 2 June 1960 to the Maine Vocational Technical Institute.
Sold in 1961 to the Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute of South Portland, ME for use as a fishing vessel.
Acquired in 1973 by Aqualab Off-Shore-Fisheries of South Portland and renamed AQUALAB.
Advertised for sale in 1977 as a vessel needing salvage after spending an unknown period of time at a pier in Fort Washington, MD and then being relocated to Piscataway Creek, Fort Washington, across the Potomac River from Mount Vernon, VA where she sank to deck level.
Purchased and salvaged in January 1978 by Captain Robert A. Bott of Bott Marine International (BMI) and renamed Maida Lee for use as a base of operations for BMI in Key West, FL.
Sunk as part of the Key West Gulfside artificial reef system April 1985.
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