USS Courser (AMS-6)

History
United States
Name	USS YMS-201
Builder	Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.; Kingston, New York;
Laid down	28 August 1942
Launched	19 November 1942
Completed	24 July 1943
Commissioned	Date unknown
Reclassified	AMS-6, 17 February 1947
Renamed	Courser, 18 February 1947
Namesake	Probably the courser bird
Reclassified	MSC(O)-6, 7 February 1955
Decommissioned	Date unknown
Stricken	1 November 1959
Fate	Unknown
General characteristics
Class and type	YMS-135 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers
Displacement	270 t
Length	136 ft (41 m)
Beam	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	2 × 880 bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	32
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber dual purpose gun mount; 2 × 20 mm guns; 2 × depth charge projectors;

USS Courser (MSC(O)-6/AMS-6/YMS-201) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second ship of the U.S. Navy to be named Courser.

History

Courser was laid down as YMS-201 on 28 August 1942 by the Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co. of Kingston, New York; launched 19 November 1942; and completed 24 July 1943.

On 17 February 1947, YMS-201 was reclassified as AMS-6, and named Courser the following day.

Courser was reclassified MSC(O)-6 on 7 February 1955.

Courser was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 November 1959. Her ultimate fate is unknown.

^ The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships says that she was named after ”one who moves from one point to another or pursues a quarry”. When given names, however, other former YMSs redesignated as AMSs were named after birds.

Radigan, Joseph M. (2005). "Courser (MSC[O] 6), ex-AMS-6, ex-YMS-201". NavSource Online. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.