Allied Warships

USS YMS-271 (YMS-271)

Minesweeper of the YMS class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassYMS 
PennantYMS-271 
Built byBellingham Marine Railway and Boatbuilding Co. (Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered14 Mar 1942 
Laid down3 Jul 1942 
Launched17 Oct 1942 
Commissioned21 Apr 1943 
End service18 Sep 1957 
History

Decommissioned on 19 July 1946
Placed in service as a reserve training vessel on 1 September 1947 and reclassified motor minesweeper and named Lorikeet (AMS 49)
Recommissioned on 17 March 1950
Reclassified coastal minesweeper (old) MSC(O)-49 on 7 February 1955
Decommissioned on 18 September 1957
Placed in service as reserve training vessel on 30 October 1959
Placed out of service in September 1968
Stricken on 1 October 1968

 

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