USS Chatterer (AMS-40)
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USS Chatterer (AMS-40/YMS-415) was a acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent ships from passing.
; launched, 15 April 1944; completed and commissioned USS YMS-415, 1 October 1944.
She was assigned to the Pacific Ocean
, where she participated in operations off Okinawa in June 1945. Following the Japanese surrender, YMS-415 was active in mine clearance efforts in the vicinity of Japan
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She was named Chatterer and reclassified as a motor minesweeper
, AMS-40, 11 March 1947. Stationed in Japan when the Korean War
began in June 1950, Chatterer soon joined the effort to search for and clear enemy mine field's in the combat zone. She was retained in the Western Pacific after the conflict ended and was redesignated as a coastal minesweeper
, Old, MSC(O)-40, 7 February 1955.
Chatterer was transferred to Japan 16 April 1955 as Yurishima (MSC 661); in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force; Returned to the U.S. Navy in 1967; Sold for scrap 1 May 1968.
History
Chatterer was laid down, 5 October 1943 by the Stadium Yacht Basin Inc., Cleveland, OhioCleveland, Ohio
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; launched, 15 April 1944; completed and commissioned USS YMS-415, 1 October 1944.
She was assigned to the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
, where she participated in operations off Okinawa in June 1945. Following the Japanese surrender, YMS-415 was active in mine clearance efforts in the vicinity of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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She was named Chatterer and reclassified as a motor minesweeper
Motor minesweeper
A motor minesweeper is a small minesweeper, powered by an internal combustion engine, very often of wooden construction, designed to locate and destroy mines in coastal waters and harbours...
, AMS-40, 11 March 1947. Stationed in Japan when the Korean War
Korean War
The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...
began in June 1950, Chatterer soon joined the effort to search for and clear enemy mine field's in the combat zone. She was retained in the Western Pacific after the conflict ended and was redesignated as a coastal minesweeper
Coastal minesweeper
Coastal minesweeper is a term used by the United States Navy to indicate a minesweeper intended for coastal use as opposed to participating in fleet operations at sea....
, Old, MSC(O)-40, 7 February 1955.
Chatterer was transferred to Japan 16 April 1955 as Yurishima (MSC 661); in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force; Returned to the U.S. Navy in 1967; Sold for scrap 1 May 1968.