USS Phoebe (MSC-199) was an Bluebird-class motor minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for clearing coastal minefields.
The second Phoebe to be so-named by the Navy, AMS-199 was laid down by the Harbor Boat Building Co., Terminal Island, California, 26 February 1953, launched 21 August 1954, sponsored by Mrs. Anne Elizabeth Gotch; reclassified MSC-199 on 7 February 1955; and commissioned 29 April 1955, Lt. George D. Ferguson in command.
Read more about USS Phoebe (MSC-199): Service As Training Ship, Operations in The Far East, Supporting Operation Market Time, Boarding Junks and Other Operations, Decommissioning, See Also
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“Tomorrow night, when Phoebe doth behold
Her silver visage in the watery glass,
Decking with liquid pearl the bladed grass.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)