Allied Warships

USS YMS-262 (YMS-262)

Minesweeper of the YMS class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassYMS 
PennantYMS-262 
Built bySouth Coast Co. (Newport Beach, California, U.S.A.) 
Ordered14 Mar 1942 
Laid down6 Sep 1942 
Launched24 Dec 1942 
Commissioned11 Aug 1943 
End service6 Aug 1958 
History

Converted to a survey ship and named James M. Gillis (AGS 13) on 23 March 1945
Reclassified as coastal survey ship AGSC-13 on 29 July 1946
Decommissioned on 22 September 1950
Converted and reclassified coastal minesweeper (underwater locator) AMCU-13 on 18 August 1951 and recommissioned on 5 September 1951
Reclassified coastal minehunter and designated MHC-13 on 1 February 1955
Decommissioned on 6 August 1958
Stricken on 1 January 1960
Sold on 17 June 1960

 

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