Allied Warships

USS YMS-179 (YMS-179)

Minesweeper of the YMS class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassYMS 
PennantYMS-179 
Built byHenry C. Grebe Co. (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.) 
Ordered14 Mar 1942 
Laid down27 Oct 1942 
Launched8 May 1943 
Commissioned31 Jul 1943 
End service18 Nov 1957 
History

Decommissioned on 6 August 1946
Reclassified Motor Minesweeper AMS-4 on 17 February 1947
Named Cardinal on 18 February 1947
Recommissioned on 22 September 1950
Reclassified Coastal Minesweeper (Old) MSC(O)-4 on 7 February 1955
Decommissioned on 18 November 1957
Stricken on 1 November 1959
Transferred to Brazil being renamed Javari on 15 August 1960
Scrapped in 1970

 

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