USS Chauvenet (AGS-11/YMS-195) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was constructed as USS YMS-195 at the Hiltebrant Dry Dock Company of Kingston, New York, and was laid down on 3 April 1942, launched on 10 August 1942, and commissioned on 20 March 1943.
 A YMS-1-class minesweeper
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Ordered | as YMS-195 |
| Laid down | 3 April 1942 |
| Launched | 10 August 1942 |
| Commissioned | 20 March 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 1946 |
| Stricken | 3 July 1946 |
| Fate | Foundered, 1963 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 320 tons |
| Length | 136 ft (41 m) |
| Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
| Draught | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
| Complement | 33 |
| Armament | one 3 in (76 mm) gun mount, two 20 mm machine guns |
On 20 March 1945, YMS-195 was reclassified as a survey ship and redesignated USS Chauvenet (AGS-11). After decommissioning, Chauvenet was sold to a British firm in 1947 and renamed Zipper. She was lost off South America in a storm in 1963.
References
edit- Radigan, Joseph M. (2005). "Chauvenet (AGS 11), ex-YMS-195". NavSource.org. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
- Nelson, Stewart B. (1971). Oceanographic Ships, Fore and Aft. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy; Government Printing Office. pp. 111, 116. LCCN 71614043. Retrieved 3 May 2020.