USS Chauvenet (AGS-11)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States
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| Ordered: | as YMS-195 |
| Laid down: | 3 April 1942 |
| Launched: | 10 August 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 20 March 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 1946 |
| Struck: | 3 July 1946 |
| Fate: | foundered, 1963 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 320 tons |
| Length: | 136 ft (41 m) |
| Beam: | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
| Draught: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Speed: | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
| Complement: | 33 |
| Armament: | one 3” gun mount, two 20mm machine guns |
USS Chauvenet (AGS-11/YMS-195) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was constructed as USS YMS-195 at the [[Hiltebrant Dry Dock Company]] of Kingston, New York, and was laid down on 3 April 1942, launched on 10 August 1942, and commissioned on 20 March 1943.
On 20 March 1945, YMS-195 was reclassified as a survey ship and redesignated USS Chauvenet (AGS-11). After decommissioning, Chauvenet was sold to a British firm in 1947 and renamed Zipper. She was lost off South America in a storm in 1963.
References
- Radigan, Joseph M. (2005). "Chauvenet (AGS 11), ex-YMS-195". NavSource.org. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
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