USS McMinnville

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History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameUSS PCS-1401
Builder
Laid down3 March 1944 as YMS-452
ReclassifiedPCS-1401, 23 June 1944
Launched22 July 1944
Commissioned21 February 1945
Decommissioned1 June 1955
In service1 June 1955
Homeport Chattanooga, Tennessee
RenamedMcMinnville, 15 February 1956
NamesakeTowns in Oregon and Tennessee
Stricken1 August 1962
FateSold, 28 May 1963
General characteristics
Class and type PCS-1376-classminesweeper
Displacement251 tons (lt.)
Length136 ft (41 m)
Beam24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft10 ft (3.0 m)
Speed14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement57
Armament

USS McMinnville (PCS-1401) was a PCS-1376-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. Originally known only by her designation, as USS PCS-1401, she was renamed later in her career after towns in Oregon and Tennessee, and is the only U.S. Navy ship to have been named McMinnville.

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History

McMinnville was laid down as YMS-452 by South Coast Co. of Newport Beach, California on 3 March 1944. She was redesignated PCS-1401 on 23 June 1944; launched 22 July 1944; and commissioned at Newport Beach 21 February 1945, Lt. R. P. Gray in command.

After shakedown training out of San Diego, California, PCS-1401 reported for duty with the West Coast Sound Training Squadron at San Diego 25 March 1945. During the closing months of World War II she operated off southern California training men in antisubmarine warfare sonar techniques. She had similar duty out of San Diego over the next decade, joining Service Squadron 1 in November 1954.

On 31 March 1955 she left San Diego for Panama, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she decommissioned 1 June 1955, was placed in an "in service" status, and began training naval reservists of the Chattanooga area.

Renamed McMinnville on 15 February 1956, she continued service in maintaining reserve readiness until struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 August 1962. She was sold to Marine Exploration Co. of Miami, Florida on 28 May 1963.

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