Ordered as YMS-136 In service 19 March 1943 Struck 1 November 1959 Construction started 16 July 1942 Length 42 m Draft 1.85 m | Laid down 16 July 1942 Out of service date unknown Fate transferred to Brazil Launched 8 February 1943 Weight 325.1 tons | |
USS Egret (AMS-46/YMS-136) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent ships from passing.
YMS-136 was built at the Astoria Marine Construction Company, Astoria, Oregon; she was laid down on 16 July 1942, launched 8 February 1943, and commissioned on 19 March 1943.
YMS-136 was reclassified as coastal minesweeper USS Egret (AMS-46) on 19 August 1947.
On 7 February 1955 she was designated MSCO-46.
Egret was struck from the Navy list on 1 November 1959 and transferred to the Brazilian Navy as Jutai on 15 August 1960.
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