USS Verdin (AMS-38)
A YMS-1 class minesweeper | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Verdin |
| Builder | Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, Florida |
| Laid down | 5 September 1943, as PCS-1439 |
| Launched | 23 May 1944 |
| Commissioned | 27 October 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 30 August 1955 |
| Renamed |
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| Reclassified | MSC(O)-38, 7 February 1955 |
| Stricken | 1 November 1959 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | YMS-1-class minesweeper, YMS-446 subclass |
| Service record | |
| Operations: | World War II |
| Awards: | 3 battle stars as YMS-471 |
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USS Verdin was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the US Navy that served during World War II. Laid down as PCS-1439 on 5 September 1943 at Jacksonville, Florida, by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co.; redesignated YMS-471 on 27 September 1943; launched on 23 May 1944; and commissioned on 27 October 1944.