USS Courser (AMS-6)

History
United States
Name:	USS YMS-201
Builder:	Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.; Kingston, New York;
Laid down:	28 August 1942
Launched:	19 November 1942
Completed:	24 July 1943
Commissioned:	Date unknown
Reclassified:	AMS-6, 17 February 1947
Renamed:	Courser, 18 February 1947
Namesake:	Probably the courser bird[1]
Reclassified:	MSC(O)-6, 7 February 1955
Decommissioned:	Date unknown
Stricken:	1 November 1959
Fate:	Unknown
General characteristics
Class and type:	YMS-135 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers
Displacement:	270 t
Length:	136 ft (41 m)
Beam:	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft:	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion:	2 × 880 bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines; 2 shafts;
Speed:	15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement:	32
Armament:	1 × 3"/50 caliber dual purpose gun mount; 2 × 20 mm guns; 2 × depth charge projectors;

USS Courser (MSC(O)-6/AMS-6/YMS-201) 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 ship of the U.S. Navy to be named Courser.

History

Courser was laid down as YMS-201 on 28 August 1942 by the Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co. of Kingston, New York; launched 19 November 1942; and completed 24 July 1943.

On 17 February 1947, YMS-201 was reclassified as AMS-6, and named Courser the following day.

Courser was reclassified MSC(O)-6 on 7 February 1955.

Courser was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 November 1959. Her ultimate fate is unknown.

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References

The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships says that she was named after ”one who moves from one point to another or pursues a quarry”. When given names, however, other former YMSs redesignated as AMSs were named after birds.

Radigan, Joseph M. (2005). "Courser (MSC[O] 6), ex-AMS-6, ex-YMS-201". NavSource Online. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

Photo gallery of Courser at NavSource Naval History

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[1] The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships says that she was named after ”one who moves from one point to another or pursues a quarry”. When given names, however, other former YMSs redesignated as AMSs were named after birds.