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Surviving YMSs were reclassified as AMS in 1947, given names, and re-rated as mine warfare ships; in 1955 they received the new type symbol MSC(O), changed to MSCO in 1967. These ships bore much of the mine warfare burden in Korea, formed a major portion of U.S. Navy minecraft strength through the 1950s, and provided underway training for Naval ...
USS Ruff is a name used twice by the United States Navy for minesweepers; USS Ruff (AMc-59) , a coastal minesweeper laid down in 1940. USS Ruff (YMS-327) , a minesweeper commissioned 19 April 1943.
USS Inchon (MCS-12) with four MH-53E minesweeping helicopters on deck, 2001 This is a list of mine warfare vessels of the United States Navy.. Ship status is indicated as either currently active [A] (including ready reserve), inactive [I], or precommissioning [P].
The first ship to be named Ruff by the Navy, AMc-59, originally named Speaker, was laid down in 1940 by Martinolich Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California; acquired by the Navy 31 December 1940; named Ruff and designated AMc-59 on 5 March 1941; launched 24 April 1941; sponsored by Miss Martha Jane Shown; and placed in service 31 October 1941.
USS Tapacola (AMc-54) was an Accentor-class coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. Tapacola was laid down on 10 January 1941 by Snow Shipyards, Rockland, Maine ; launched on 3 July 1941; sponsored by Mrs. George T. Swiggum; and ...
YMS-136 was reclassified as coastal minesweeper USS Egret (AMS-46) on 19 August 1947. On 7 February 1955 she was designated MSCO-46. Egret was struck from the Navy list on 1 November 1959 and transferred to the Brazilian Navy as Jutai on 15 August 1960. Awards: American Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Navy Occupation with Asia clasp
USS Seagull (MCS(O)-55/AMS-55/YMS-402) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. History.
USS St. Augustine (PG-54) was built in 1929 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. in Newport News, Virginia. She was originally a steel-hulled yacht named Viking and later named Noparo . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She was purchased by the US Navy on 5 December 1940 and was sent to Bethlehem Steel Corp. in Boston , Massachusetts where she was converted ...