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Egret (MSC[O] 46)
ex-AMS-46
ex-YMS-136
YMS-136 call sign:
November - Whiskey - Sierra - Quebec
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; Named Egret and reclassified as a Motor Minesweeper, AMS-46, 1 September 1947; Reclassified as a Coastal Minesweeper (Old), MSC(O)-46, 7 February 1955; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 November 1959; Transferred to Brazilian 15 August 1960 as Jutaí (M 12). 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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