Category:USS James M. Gilliss (AMCU-13)
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Ship
[edit]- Type: YMS-1 class minesweeper, later converted to survey ship then Harkness class minesweeper
- Built by: South Coast Shipbuilding Co., Newport Beach, CA
- Yard No:
- Keel laid: 1942.09.06
- Launched: 1942.12.24
- Completed: 1943.08.11
- Length over all: 136 ft
- Beam: 23 ft 4 in
- GT:
- DWT:
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- www.navsource.org
History
[edit]- 1943 Named USS YMS-262; Flag: United States
- 1944.09 Decommissioned
- 1945.03 Renamed USS James M. Gilliss (AGS-13); Flag: United States
- Coverted to survey ship
- 1946.07 Renamed USS James M. Gilliss (AGSC-13); Flag: United States
- 1951.08 Renamed USS James M. Gilliss (AMCU-13); Flag: United States
- Converted to coastal minesweeper
- 1955.02 Renamed USS James M. Gilliss (MHC-13); Flag: United States
- 1958.08 Decommissioned
- 1960 Renamed Southeastern No. 5; Flag: United States
- Used as tugboat
- Owner: Southern Towing & Transportation Co., Inc., Miami, FL
- 1960.06 Sold for scrap
- 1961 Scrapped at Andersen's Marine, Inc of Jacksonville
Media in category "USS James M. Gilliss (AMCU-13)"
The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total.
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AMCU-13 J.M. Gillis - DPLA - 87ce5c513fd1ebb78fbfd5813d000a5d.jpg 3,150 × 2,793; 674 KB
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USS James M. Gillis (AGSC 13).jpg 824 × 358; 104 KB
Categories:
- Ships built in 1943
- Ships built in California
- YMS-1 class minesweepers
- Ships with pennant number 13
- Survey ships of the United States Navy
- Naval ships of the United States by name
- Ships scrapped in 1961
- Ships scrapped in Jacksonville, Florida
- Ships named after people
- James Melville Gilliss
- Things named after scientists