USS_Chauvenet_(AGS-11)

USS <i>Chauvenet</i> (AGS-11)

USS Chauvenet (AGS-11)

Minesweeper of the United States Navy

For other ships with the same name, see USS Chauvenet.

USS Chauvenet (AGS-11/YMS-195) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was constructed as USS YMS-195 at the Hiltebrant Dry Dock Company of Kingston, New York, and was laid down on 3 April 1942, launched on 10 August 1942, and commissioned on 20 March 1943.

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On 20 March 1945, YMS-195 was reclassified as a survey ship and redesignated USS Chauvenet (AGS-11). After decommissioning, Chauvenet was sold to a British firm in 1947 and renamed Zipper. She was lost off South America in a storm in 1963.

References

  • Radigan, Joseph M. (2005). "Chauvenet (AGS 11), ex-YMS-195". NavSource.org. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
  • Nelson, Stewart B. (1971). Oceanographic Ships, Fore and Aft. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Oceanographer of the Navy; Government Printing Office. pp. 111, 116. LCCN 71614043. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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