USS Condor (AMS-5)

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USS YMS-192 in San Francisco Bay after World War II, c. April 1946. The minesweeper was later renamed Condor (AMS-5).
History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameUSS YMS-192
Builder
Laid down30 September 1942
Launched5 December 1942
Completed13 June 1943
Commissioned13 June 1943
DecommissionedMay 1946
RenamedUSS Condor (AMS-5), 18 February 1947
Namesakethe condor bird
RecommissionedNovember 1950
ReclassifiedMSC(O)-5, 7 February 1955
FateTransferred to Japan, March 1955
Acquiredreturned from Japan, early 1967
Stricken31 March 1967
FateSunk as a target, August 1968
History
Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan
NameJDS Ujishima (MSC-655)
AcquiredMarch 1955
FateReturned to U.S., early 1967
General characteristics
Class and type YMS-135 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers
Displacement270 tons
Length136 ft (41 m)
Beam24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion
Speed15 kts
Complement32
Armament

USS Condor (MSC(O)-5/AMS-5/YMS-192) 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 U.S. Navy ship named for the condor.

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History

Condor was laid down as YMS-192 on 30 September 1942 by the Greenport Basin and Construction Co. of Greenport, Long Island, New York; launched, 5 December 1942; completed and commissioned USS YMS-192, 13 June 1943.

YMS-192 served along the U.S. East Coast and in the Caribbean until the Atlantic War ended in May 1945. Sent to the Pacific, she took part in post-war mine clearance operations off Japan. YMS-192 returned to the U.S. in April 1946 and was decommissioned in May. While laid up in reserve at San Diego, California, she was reclassified as a Motor Minesweeper, AMS-5 and named USS Condor 18 February 1947.

Recommissioned for Korean War service in November 1950, Condor deployed to the combat zone in March 1951. She provided minesweeping and patrol services off Korea and Japan to the end of the conflict in July 1953 and continued her activities in that area during the following years.

Condor was reclassified as coastal minesweeper MSC(O)-5 on 7 February 1955. Condor was loaned to Japan a month later. She was renamed JDS Ujishima (MSC-655) during her service with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Condor was returned to the U.S. Navy in early 1967, and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 31 March 1967. The veteran minesweeper was sunk as a target in August 1968.

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