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
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Name: USS YMS-192
Builder:
Laid down: 30 September 1942
Launched: 5 December 1942
Completed: 13 June 1943
Commissioned: 13 June 1943
Decommissioned: May 1946
Renamed: USS Condor (AMS-5), 18 February 1947
Namesake: the condor bird
Recommissioned: November 1950
Reclassified: MSC(O)-5, 7 February 1955
Fate: Transferred to Japan, March 1955
Acquired: returned from Japan, early 1967
Struck: 31 March 1967
Fate: Sunk as a target, August 1968
History
Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan
Name: JDS Ujishima (MSC-655)
Acquired: March 1955
Fate: Returned to U.S., early 1967
General characteristics
Class and type: YMS-135 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers
Displacement: 270 tons
Length: 136 ft (41 m)
Beam: 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft: 8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion:
Speed: 15 kts
Complement: 32
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.

<i>YMS-1</i>-class minesweeper

The YMS-1 class of auxiliary motor minesweepers was established with the laying down of YMS-1 on 4 March 1941. Some were later transferred to the United Kingdom as part of the Second World War Lend-Lease pact between the two nations. One ship, eventually made its way into the Royal Canadian Navy postwar.

Minesweeper Vessel for removing naval mines

A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to engage in minesweeping. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines, waterways are kept clear for safe shipping.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Coastal minesweeper is a term used by the United States Navy to indicate a minesweeper intended for coastal use as opposed to participating in fleet operations at sea.

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.

The Naval Vessel Register (NVR) is the official inventory of ships and service craft in custody of or titled by the United States Navy. It contains information on ships and service craft that make up the official inventory of the Navy from the time a vessel is authorized through its life cycle and disposal. It also includes ships that have been removed from the register, but not disposed of by sale, transfer to another government, or other means. Ships and service craft disposed of prior to 1987 are currently not included, but are gradually being added along with other updates.

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