JAMES M. GILLISS MHC 13

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper/Harkness Class Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator) Laid down September 6 1942 - Launched December 24 1942 USS YMS-262 Commissioned August 11 1943 - Decommissioned September 9 1944 Converted to Survey Ship (AGS) and named March 23 1945 USS JAMES M. GILLISS AGS-13 Recommissioned March 23 1945 JAMES M. GILLISS AGSc-13 Reclassified Coastal Survey Ship (AGSc) July 29 1946 Decommissioned September 22 1950 Converted to Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator) (AMCU) August 18 1951 USS JAMES M. GILLISS AMCU-13 Recommissioned September 5 1951 USS JAMES M. GILLISS MHC-13 Reclassified Coastal Minehunter (MHC) February 1 1955 Decommissioned August 6 1958 Struck from Navy Register January 1 1960 SOUTHEASTERN No. 5 (Commercial Service) Sold 1960 to the Southern Towing & Transportation Co., Inc. of Miami, FL for use as a tugboat and renamed Sold June 17 1960 to the Marlene Blouse Corp. of New York for scrap Resold 1961 to Andersen's Marine, Inc of Jacksonville, FL

Naval Covers

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1. AGSc-13 Covers Page 1     (1948)

 

Postmarks

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Other Information

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