USS Egret (AMS-46)
USS Egret (AMS-46/YMS-136) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent ships from passing.
History | |
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United States | |
Ordered: | as YMS-136 |
Laid down: | 16 July 1942 |
Launched: | 8 February 1943 |
In service: | 19 March 1943 |
Out of service: | date unknown |
Stricken: | 1 November 1959 |
Fate: | transferred to Brazil |
Brazil | |
Name: | Jutaí (M12) |
Acquired: | 15 August 1960 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement: | 320 tons |
Length: | 136 ft (41 m) |
Beam: | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
Draught: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Speed: | 13 knots |
Complement: | 33 |
Armament: | one 3 in (76 mm) gun mount, two 20 mm machine guns |
YMS-136 was built at the Astoria Marine Construction Company, Astoria, Oregon; she was laid down on 16 July 1942, launched 8 February 1943, and commissioned on 19 March 1943.
YMS-136 was reclassified as coastal minesweeper USS Egret (AMS-46) on 19 August 1947.
On 7 February 1955 she was designated MSCO-46.
Egret was struck from the Navy list on 1 November 1959 and transferred to the Brazilian Navy as Jutai on 15 August 1960.
- award's
- American campaign
- world war 2 victory
- Navy Occupation with asis clasp
- Asiatic campaign with 3 star's
American Area Codes (A) / Asiatic-Pacific Area Codes (P) / European African Middle Eastern Area Codes (E)
- engagement star's The following contains a list engagement stars for World War II
- Dates: Code:
- 21 Jul 44 - 15 Aug 44 P29-7; 6 Sep 44 - 14 Oct 44 P30-2
- 22 Sep 45 - 30 Oct 45 P207-7 ; 4 Dec 45 - 12 Feb 46 P207-9***
Minesweeping Operations Pacific P-207 - P-207-28
(Only 1 star for participation in 1 or more of the following:)***
(information obtained from Navy and Marine Corps Award Manual 1953)
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.