USS Condor (AMS-5, later MSC(O)-5), 1943-1955

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USS YMS-192, a 270-ton auxiliary motor minesweeper built at Greenport, New York, was commissioned in June 1943, she served in along the U.S. East Coast and in the Caribbean until the Atlantic War ended in May 1945. Sent to the Pacific, she took part in post-war mine clearance operations off Japan. YMS-192 returned to the U.S. in April 1946 and was decommissioned in May. While laid up in reserve at San Diego in February 1947, she was redesignated a motor minesweeper (AMS) and renamed Condor (AMS-5).

Recommissioned for Korean War service in November 1950, Condor deployed to the combat zone in March 1951. She provided minesweeping and patrol services off Korea and Japan to the end of the conflict in July 1953 and continued her activities in that area during the following years. Redesignated MSC(O)-5 in February 1955, Condor was loaned to Japan a month later. She was renamed Ujishima during her service with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. Returned to the U.S. Navy in 1967, she was sunk as a target in August 1968.

  
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