USS McMinnville

USS McMinnville (PCS-1401) was a PCS-1376-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. Originally known only by her designation, as USS PCS-1401, she was renamed later in her career after towns in Oregon and Tennessee, and is the only U.S. Navy ship to have been named McMinnville.

Docked @ Naval Station Key West
History
United States
Name	USS PCS-1401
Builder	South Coast Co. Newport Beach, California
Laid down	3 March 1944 as YMS-452
Reclassified	PCS-1401, 23 June 1944
Launched	22 July 1944
Commissioned	21 February 1945
Decommissioned	1 June 1955
In service	1 June 1955
Homeport	Chattanooga, Tennessee
Renamed	McMinnville, 15 February 1956
Namesake	Towns in Oregon and Tennessee
Stricken	1 August 1962
Fate	Sold, 28 May 1963
General characteristics
Class and type	PCS-1376-class minesweeper
Displacement	251 tons (lt.)
Length	136 ft (41 m)
Beam	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft	10 ft (3.0 m)
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement	57
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber dual purpose gun mount 2 × 20 mm guns 1 × depth charge track

History

McMinnville was laid down as YMS-452 by South Coast Co. of Newport Beach, California on 3 March 1944. She was redesignated PCS-1401 on 23 June 1944; launched 22 July 1944; and commissioned at Newport Beach 21 February 1945.

After shakedown training out of San Diego, California, PCS-1401 reported for duty with the West Coast Sound Training Squadron at San Diego 25 March 1945. During the closing months of World War II she operated off southern California training men in antisubmarine warfare sonar techniques. She had similar duty out of San Diego over the next decade, joining Service Squadron 1 in November 1954.

On 31 March 1955 she left San Diego for Panama, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she decommissioned 1 June 1955, was placed in an "in service" status, and began training naval reservists of the Chattanooga area.

Renamed McMinnville on 15 February 1956, she continued service in maintaining reserve readiness until struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 August 1962. She was sold to Marine Exploration Co. of Miami, Florida on 28 May 1963.

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

• Photo gallery of McMinnville at NavSource Naval History