USS Simon Newcomb (AGSC-14)
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| Name: | Simon Newcomb |
| Laid down: | 21 August 1942 |
| Launched: | 2 November 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 11 August 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 10 November 1949 |
| Struck: | 31 January 1950 |
| Identification: | AGSC-14 |
| Fate: | scrapped, 25 April 1950 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 340 tons |
| Length: | 136 ft (41 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft 4 in (7.11 m) |
| Draught: | 8 ft 7 in (2.62 m) |
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| Speed: | 14.1 knots (26.1 km/h; 16.2 mph) |
| Complement: | 60 |
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USS Simon Newcomb (AGSC-14/YMS-263) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II, and whose task was assisting in minesweeping and surveying coastal waters.
YMS-263 was laid down on 21 August 1942 by the South Coast Co., Newport Beach, California and launched on 2 November 1942. The vessel was commissioned on 11 August 1943.
YMS-263 completed fitting out and shakedown in the San Diego, California, area from 15 October to 3 November. She then performed sweeping operations in Los Angeles Harbor until sailing for Kauai, Territory of Hawaii, on 5 January 1944. From Hawaii, the sweeper was ordered to the Marshall Islands to sweep during the amphibious assault on Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls from 31 January to 8 February. Majuro was the sweeper's main base during the next 11 months. From July to December, she made escort trips to Tarawa and Eniwetok. On 6 December 1944, she was ordered to return to San Pedro, California, via Johnston Island and Pearl Harbor.
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