USS Brant (AMS-43)

USS Brant (AMS-43)


For other ships of the same name, see USS Brant.
Career (United States)
Name: USS YMS-113
Builder: San Diego Marine Construction Co.
San Diego, California
Launched: 13 February 1942
Sponsored by: Miss Virginia Sue Blakely
Commissioned: 12 June 1942
Decommissioned: 7 August 1946
In service: 1 December 1946 as Naval Reserve training vessel, Detroit, Michigan
Renamed: USS Brant (AMS-43) on 1 September 1947
Namesake: brant
Out of service: 10 February 1950
Recommissioned: 12 February 1951
Reclassified: MSCO-43, 7 February 1955
Decommissioned: 23 October 1955
Struck: 1 November 1959
General characteristics
Class & type: YMS-1-class auxiliary motor minesweeper
Displacement: 270 tons
Length: 136 ft 0 in (41.45 m)
Beam: 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft: 10 ft (3.0 m)
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement: 32
Armament: 1 × 40 mm gun

USS Brant (MSC(O)-43/AMS-43/YMS-113) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II.

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