Allied Warships

USS YMS-470 (YMS-470)

Minesweeper of the YMS class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassYMS 
PennantYMS-470 
Built byGibbs Gas Engine Co. (Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A.) 
Ordered16 Nov 1942 
Laid down12 Aug 1943 
Launched5 Apr 1944 
Commissioned14 Oct 1944 
End service6 Oct 1955 
History

Decommissioned on 1 June 1946
Named Swan and reclassified motor minesweeper AMS-37 on 18 February 1947
Recommissioned on 8 November 1950
Reclassified coastal minesweeper (old) MSC(O)-37 on 7 February 1955
Decommissioned 6 October 1955
Stricken on 1 November 1959
Sold in 1961

 
Former namePCS-1438

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