USS Condor (AMS-5)

USS YMS-192 in San Francisco Bay after World War II, c. April 1946. The minesweeper was later renamed Condor (AMS-5).
History
United States
Name	USS YMS-192
Builder	Greenport Basin and Construction Co. Greenport, New York
Laid down	30 September 1942
Launched	5 December 1942
Completed	13 June 1943
Commissioned	13 June 1943
Decommissioned	May 1946
Renamed	USS Condor (AMS-5), 18 February 1947
Namesake	the condor bird
Recommissioned	November 1950
Reclassified	MSC(O)-5, 7 February 1955
Fate	Transferred to Japan, March 1955
Acquired	returned from Japan, early 1967
Stricken	31 March 1967
Fate	Sunk as a target, August 1968
History
Japan
Name	JDS Ujishima (MSC-655)
Acquired	March 1955
Fate	Returned to U.S., early 1967
General characteristics
Class and type	YMS-135 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers
Displacement	270 tons
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 kts
Complement	32
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber dual purpose gun mount 2 × 20 mm guns 2 × depth charge projectors

USS Condor (MSC(O)-5/AMS-5/YMS-192) 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 U.S. Navy ship named for the condor.

Condor was laid down as YMS-192 on 30 September 1942 by the Greenport Basin and Construction Co. of Greenport, Long Island, New York; launched, 5 December 1942; completed and commissioned USS YMS-192, 13 June 1943.

YMS-192 served 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, California, she was reclassified as a Motor Minesweeper, AMS-5 and named USS Condor 18 February 1947.

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.

Condor was reclassified as coastal minesweeper MSC(O)-5 on 7 February 1955. Condor was loaned to Japan a month later. She was renamed JDS Ujishima (MSC-655) during her service with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Condor was returned to the U.S. Navy in early 1967, and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 31 March 1967. The veteran minesweeper was sunk as a target in August 1968.

• Radigan, Joseph M. (2005). "Condor (MSC[O] 5), ex-AMS-5, ex-YMS-192". NavSource Online. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 29 December 2007.
•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

• Photo gallery of Condor at NavSource Naval History