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USS ''Chauvenet'' (AGS-11/YMS-195) was a built for the
United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...
during
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. She was constructed as USS ''YMS-195'' at the Hiltebrant Dry Dock Company of
Kingston, New York Kingston is a Administrative divisions of New York#City, city in and the county seat of Ulster County, New York, United States. It is north of New York City and south of Albany, New York, Albany. The city's metropolitan area is grouped with t ...
, and was
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on 3 April 1942, launched on 10 August 1942, and commissioned on 20 March 1943. On 20 March 1945, ''YMS-195'' was reclassified as a
survey ship A survey vessel is any type of ship or boat that is used for underwater surveys, usually to collect data for mapping or planning underwater construction or mineral extraction. It is a type of research vessel, and may be designed for the purpo ...
and redesignated USS ''Chauvenet'' (AGS-11). After decommissioning, ''Chauvenet'' was sold to a British firm in 1947 and renamed ''Zipper''. She was lost off
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in a storm in 1963.


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