A YMS-1-class minesweeper
History
United States
NameUSS YMS-201
Builder
Laid down28 August 1942
Launched19 November 1942
Completed24 July 1943
CommissionedDate unknown
ReclassifiedAMS-6, 17 February 1947
RenamedCourser, 18 February 1947
NamesakeProbably the courser bird[1]
ReclassifiedMSC(O)-6, 7 February 1955
DecommissionedDate unknown
Stricken1 November 1959
FateUnknown
General characteristics
Class and typeYMS-135 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers
Displacement270 t
Length136 ft (41 m)
Beam24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion
Speed15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement32
Armament

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.

History

Courser 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

  1. ^ 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.

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