USS Courser (MSC(O)-6/AMS-6/YMS-201) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second ship of the U.S. Navy to be named Courser.
A YMS-1-class minesweeper
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United States | |
Name | USS YMS-201 |
Builder | |
Laid down | 28 August 1942 |
Launched | 19 November 1942 |
Completed | 24 July 1943 |
Commissioned | Date unknown |
Reclassified | AMS-6, 17 February 1947 |
Renamed | Courser, 18 February 1947 |
Namesake | Probably the courser bird[1] |
Reclassified | MSC(O)-6, 7 February 1955 |
Decommissioned | Date unknown |
Stricken | 1 November 1959 |
Fate | Unknown |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | YMS-135 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers |
Displacement | 270 t |
Length | 136 ft (41 m) |
Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Complement | 32 |
Armament |
History
editCourser was laid down as YMS-201 on 28 August 1942 by the Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co. of Kingston, New York; launched 19 November 1942; and completed 24 July 1943.
On 17 February 1947, YMS-201 was reclassified as AMS-6, and named Courser the following day.
Courser was reclassified MSC(O)-6 on 7 February 1955.
Courser was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 November 1959. Her ultimate fate is unknown.
References
edit- ^ The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships says that she was named after ”one who moves from one point to another or pursues a quarry”. When given names, however, other former YMSs redesignated as AMSs were named after birds.
- Radigan, Joseph M. (2005). "Courser (MSC[O] 6), ex-AMS-6, ex-YMS-201". NavSource Online. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
edit- Photo gallery of Courser at NavSource Naval History