USS Egret (AMS-46)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Egret.

History
United States
Ordered:	as YMS-136
Laid down:	16 July 1942
Launched:	8 February 1943
In service:	19 March 1943
Out of service:	date unknown
Struck:	1 November 1959
Fate:	transferred to Brazil
Brazil
Name:	Jutaí (M12)
Acquired:	15 August 1960
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
Complement:	33
Armament:	one 3” gun mount, two 20mm machine guns

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.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

• Photo gallery of Egret at NavSource Naval History