USS ''Condor'' (MSC(O)-5/AMS-5/YMS-192) was a built for the

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during

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. She was the second U.S. Navy ship named for the

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History

''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

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, 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

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, she was reclassified as a Motor Minesweeper, AMS-5 and named ''USS Condor'' 18 February 1947. Recommissioned for

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service in November 1950, ''Condor'' deployed to the combat zone in March 1951. She provided

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and patrol services off

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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

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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

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. ''Condor'' was returned to the U.S. Navy in early 1967, and struck from the

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on 31 March 1967. The veteran minesweeper was sunk as a target in August 1968.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Condor (AMS-5) YMS-1-class minesweepers of the United States Navy Ships built in Greenport, New York 1942 ships World War II minesweepers of the United States Korean War minesweepers of the United States YMS-1-class minesweepers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Ships sunk as targets Maritime incidents in 1968