USS Brant ( AMS - 43 ) USS " Brant " ( MSC ( O ) - 43 / AMS - 43 / YMS - 113 ) was a built for the United States Navy during World War II . History . " Brant " was laid down as " YMS - 113 " at San Diego , California , by San Diego Marine Construction Co . ; launched on 13 February 1942 ; sponsored by Miss Virginia Sue Blakely ; and commissioned on 12 June 1942 , Ens . Alfred Lee , USNR , in command . On 18 June , the motor minesweeper moved north to Los Angeles , California , where she completed her trials and loaded supplies . She stood out of Los Angeles on 26 June and shaped a course for Hawaii in company with , , and a number of other minesweepers . She and her sailing mates arrived in Pearl Harbor on 7 July , but remained at Oahu only two days before putting to sea again in company with " Brazos " , , and . This group arrived at Pago Pago , Samoa , on 22 July ; but " YMS - 113 " returned to sea a week later , bound for the Fiji Islands . She entered port at Suva on 2 August and served in the Fiji Islands for the next 13 months . Her primary missions were mine clearance and escort duty between the islands of the group . She also carried passengers to and from the various islands of the cluster , served as a pilot boat , and conducted antisubmarine patrols . On 27 August 1943 , " YMS - 113 " departed Tautoka and shaped a course for New Caledonia . The minesweeper arrived in Noumea three days later and began a nine - month tour of duty clearing mines and patrolling against Japan ese submarines . She sailed from Nouméa on 25 August 1944 and entered Auckland , New Zealand , on the 28th . Her crew enjoyed liberty at that port until 15 June when the warship headed back to Nouméa . " YMS - 113 " resumed her duties at Nouméa on 28 June and continued them until moving to Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides early in November for her first overhaul . This repair period ended on 6 December , and the warship returned to her duties at Nouméa . On 4 June 1945 , the motor minesweeper got underway from New Caledonia and set a course for Hawaii . After stops at Funafuti , Canton , and Palmyra Island s , she arrived in Pearl Harbor on 22 June . Upon her completion of voyage repairs , she began a 10 - month tour of duty in the Hawaiian Islands broken only by a round - trip voyage to San Pedro , California , in November and December 1945 . The ship put to sea from Pearl Harbor on 23 April 1946 and stopped at San Francisco and San Diego before transiting the Panama Canal and steaming via Charleston , South Carolina , to New York where she arrived on 1 July . She remained there until the 17th when she got underway for Canadian waters . She stopped at Quebec on 23 July but soon continued on up the St . Lawrence River to Lake Ontario and thence farther into the Great Lakes . She arrived at Detroit , Michigan , on 28 July and was decommissioned there on 7 August 1946 . She was turned over to the Naval Reserve establishment there to be used as a training vessel . On 1 December 1946 , she was placed in service . " YMS - 113 " was renamed and redesignated " Brant " ( AMS - 43 ) on 1 September 1947 . At the end of 1949 , " Brant " moved to Orange , Texas , where she was inactivated on 10 February 1950 . The minesweeper remained with the reserve fleet for a little more than a year . She was recommissioned on 12 February 1951 , Lt . Edward A . Brown , USNR , in command , and , on 5 March , reported to the Commander , Mine Force , Atlantic Fleet , at Charleston . " Brant " operated out of Charleston until near the end of 1951 . At that time , she moved north to Yorktown , Virginia , to become a school ship at the Mine Warfare School . That assignment occupied her until 25 November 1952 when she sailed for Charleston . Her stay there , however , proved brief . On 5 January 1953 , she got underway for Panama City , Florida , and , five days later , reported for duty at the Mine Countermeasures Station . For the next four months , she participated in the development of new minesweeping techniques and equipment . On 11 May , the minesweeper departed Panama City and headed back to Charleston where she entered the naval shipyard on 1 June for her regular overhaul . She completed repairs on 3 August and departed Charleston on the 12th for degaussing . Following that , she conducted refresher training out of Charleston and Key West . She returned to Charleston for normal operations until 30 November . At that time , she headed back to Key West for a period in drydock . The end of 1953 saw her back at Charleston . On 4 January 1954 , " Brant " stood out of Charleston for Yorktown , Virginia . She reached her destination on the 27th and began her second tour of training duty at the Mine Warfare School . That assignment — broken only by periodic availabilities and participation in an Atlantic Fleet exercise in October and November 1954 occupied the remainder of her active career . On 7 February 1955 , she was redesignated MSC ( O ) - 43 . On 19 August 1955 , " Brant " exited Chesapeake Bay on her way to Green Cove Springs , Florida . The minesweeper arrived at Green Cove Springs on 22 August and began preparations for inactivation . " Brant " was decommissioned on 23 October 1955 and was berthed with the Green Cove Springs Group , Atlantic Reserve Fleet . Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 November 1959 .