USS ''Chatterer'' (AMS-40/YMS-415) was a acquired by the

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for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent ships from passing.

History

''Chatterer'' was laid down, 5 October 1943 by the

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Inc.,

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; launched, 15 April 1944; completed and commissioned USS ''YMS-415'', 1 October 1944. She was assigned to the

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, where she participated in operations off

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in June 1945. Following the Japanese surrender, ''YMS-415'' was active in mine clearance efforts in the vicinity of

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. She was named ''Chatterer'' and reclassified as a

motor minesweeper A motor minesweeper is a small minesweeper, powered by an internal combustion engine, very often of wooden construction, designed to locate and destroy mines in coastal waters and harbors. Many navies have used such ships. Motor minesweepers inclu ...

, AMS-40, 11 March 1947. Stationed in Japan when the

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began in June 1950, ''Chatterer'' soon joined the effort to search for and clear enemy mine fields in the combat zone. She was retained in the Western Pacific after the conflict ended and was redesignated as a

coastal minesweeper Coastal minesweeper is a term used by the United States Navy to indicate a minesweeper intended for coastal use as opposed to participating in fleet operations at sea. Because of its small size—usually less than 100 feet in length—and construct ...

, Old, MSC(O)-40, 7 February 1955. ''Chatterer'' was transferred to Japan 16 April 1955 as ''Yurishima'' (MSC 661); in the

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; Returned to the U.S. Navy in 1967; Sold for scrap 1 May 1968.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chatterer (AMS-40) YMS-1-class minesweepers of the United States Navy Ships built in Cleveland 1944 ships World War II minesweepers of the United States Korean War minesweepers of the United States YMS-1-class minesweepers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force