USS Brant (AMS-43)
| 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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