USS ''YDG-5'' was a degaussing vessel of the

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(USN) and formerly an auxiliary minesweeper operated by the

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(RAN) during

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. She was built by Ernst Wright, Tuncurry, New South Wales and launched in 1936 for the

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as the TSS ''Nambucca''. ''Nambucca'' was requisitioned by the RAN on 7 November 1939 and converted to an auxiliary minesweeper, and commissioned on 10 January 1940 as HMAS ''Nambucca'' (NB). She formed part of Minesweeping Group 50 based in Sydney, undertaking minesweeping activities around

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and Cape Otway. She was transferred to the USN on 19 April 1943. After conversion to a degaussing vessel by Evans Deakin & Company,

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, she was commissioned on 31 July 1944 as USS ''YDG-5''. She was inspected at

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by in November 1945 and declared unseaworthy and declared a total loss on 30 December 1945. She was decommissioned on 7 February 1946 and was destroyed by fire on 8 February.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:YDG 1936 ships Ships built in New South Wales Degaussing ships of the United States Navy Wooden steamships of Australia Coastal trading vessels of Australia