Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive

Rhea (MSC[O] 52)
ex-AMS-52
ex-YMS-299



Call sign:
November - Papa - Bravo - November
YMS-135 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 5 June 1942 by William F. Stone and Sons Co., Oakland, CA; Launched, 14 November 1942; Commissioned USS YMS-299, 7 April 1943; Placed in service, in reserve, 6 March 1947 at Philadelphia, PA; Named Rhea and reclassified as a Motor Minesweeper AMS-52, 1 September 1947; Recommissioned, 15 November 1950; Reclassified a Coastal Minesweeper (Old), MSC(O)-52, 7 February 1955; Placed in reserve, 1 November 1957 at New London, CT; Decommissioned, 23 December 1957; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 November 1959; Sold in June 1960 to the Ships, Engines and Equipment Co.; Sold in 1960 to the Courageous Sailing Club Inc., London, Ontario, Canada; Sold in 1962 to Canadian Navy Cadet group at London, Ontario based at Port Stanley; Sold in 1983 to Peter Cash, et al, Oshawa, Ontario; Acquired by Gary Zulauf of Oshawa; Sank due to rotted hull, 10 October 1997; Raised, 11 November 1997 and scrapped.

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 General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.

Click On Image
For Full Size Image		 Size Image Description Source
Rhea 98k . Ed Traylor
Crew member June 1956 - 23 December 1957
Rhea 120k c. August 1955
MSC(O)-52 at Mine Warfare School, Yorktown, VA		 Stan Cochran
Rhea 62k . Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
View the YMS-299
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
Back To The Main Photo Index Back To the Mine Warfare Ship Photo Index Back To The Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper (YMS) Photo Index Back To The Motor Minesweeper (AMS) Photo Index Back To The Coastal Minesweeper (MSC) Photo Index
Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster
This page created and maintained by Joseph M. Radigan
© 2005 Joseph M. Radigan © 1996 - 2005 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.