USS Cormorant (AMS-122)

USS "Cormorant" (AMS-122/MSC-122) was a "Bluebird"-class minesweeper in the United States Navy.

"Cormorant" was launched 8 June 1953 by Mare Island Naval Shipyard; sponsored by Mrs. I. H. Whitthorne; and commissioned 14 August 1953, Lieutenant F. A. Mitchell, USNR, in command. She was reclassified MSC-122, 7 February 1955.

East Coast Activity

For the rest of the year "Cormorant" conducted minesweeping, sonar school, and other operations on the West Coast except for a brief cruise to Pearl Harbor for duty with the Naval Reserve Training Center.

Pacific Ocean operations

Sailing to the Far East, "Cormorant" arrived at her new home port Sasebo 22 February. She remained in the western Pacific conducting minesweeping exercises in Korean and Japanese waters and voyaging to Formosa, Okinawa, and the Philippines for training through 1960.

Decommissioning

"Cormorant" was struck from the Naval Register 15 March 1974. She was disposed of 1 December 1974, through the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service for scrap.

References

See also

* List of United States Navy ships
* World War II

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/#Anchor-Editoria-14954 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]
* [http://www.multied.com/Navy/Minelayer/Cormorant2.html Cormorant AMS-122]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/05122.htm NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive - Cormorant (MSC 122) - ex-AMS-122]