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YMS-136
Egret (AMS / MSC[O] 46)


Egret served the Navies of the United States and Brazil.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 16 July 1942 by the Astoria Marine Construction Co., Astoria, OR; Launched, 8 February 1943; Completed, 19 March 1943; Commissioned YMS-136, (date unknown); Named Egret and reclassified a Motor Minesweeper AMS-46, 1 September 1947; Reclassified a Coastal Minesweeper (Old) MSC(O)-46, 7 February 1955; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, 1 November 1959; Transferred to the Brazilian Navy, 15 August 1960 and renamed Jutaí. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 270 t.; Length 136'; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 8'; Speed 15 kts; Complement 32; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm, two dcp; Propulsion two 1,000 shp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.


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