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



YMS-136 call sign:
Nan - William - Sugar - Queen


Egret served the Navies of the United States and Brazil.
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • The second Egret was laid down 16 July 1942 by the Astoria Marine Construction Co., Astoria, OR
  • Launched 8 February 1943
  • Completed 19 March 1943 and commissioned YMS-136
  • Named Egret, reclassified as a Motor Minesweeper, AMS-46, 1 September 1947 and placed in service as a Naval Reserve training ship in the 3rd Naval District (New York)
  • Reclassified as a Coastal Minesweeper (Old), MSC(O)-46, 7 February 1955
  • Struck from the Naval Register 1 November 1959
  • Transferred to Brazil 15 August 1960 and renamed BNS Jutaí (M 12)
  • Placed out of service in 1969
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 270 t.
  • Length 136'
  • Beam 24' 6"
  • Draft 8'
  • Speed 15 kts.
  • Complement 32
  • Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 20mm mounts and two depth charge projectors
  • Propulsion: Two 1,000shp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    USS YMS-136
    YMS-136 112k c. 1945
    Courtesy of Donald McPherson, 1976
    U. S. Navy photo NH 84970    		 Naval History and Heritage Command
    USS Egret (AMS 46)
    Egret 189k
    Namesake:

    A bird of the heron family known for the beauty of its plumage

    		 Tommy Trampp
    Photo added 14 December 2021
    Egret 60k Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
    Egret 69k Joe Radigan
    Commanding Officers
    01LTJG G. F. Montiel, USNR1945
    02Chief Boatswain J. W. Cantrell, USN1950 - October 1951
    03LT Robert Edward Classen, USNOctober 1951 - 19 August 1952
    04LTJG Rodney Emmett Bornhop, USN19 August 1952 - December 1952
    05LT Robert Carhart Conolly, II, USN - USNA Class of 1948B
    Retired as Rear Admiral    		December 1952 - February 1954
    06LT Eugene Dale Geiger, USNFebruary 1954
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler, Ron Reeves and Joe Radigan
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