USS Minah ( AMc - 204 ) USS " PCS - 1465 was a built for the United States Navy during World War II . Late in the war she was renamed and reclassified Minah " ( AMc - 204 ) , and in the 1950s reclassified first as AMCU - 14 and later as MHC - 14 . Named for the myna under a variant spelling , she was the only U . S . Navy ship of that name . History . " PCS ‑ 1465 " was laid down 17 June 1943 by Astoria Marine Construction Co . of Astoria , Oregon ; launched 27 December 1943 ; commissioned 15 February 1944 , Lt . D . L . Case in command . Assigned to commander western sea frontier , PCS ‑ 1465 patrolled and trained off the west coast until late in December 1944 . Sailing to Pearl Harbor she underwent conversion to an underwater location vessel and consequently 10 January 1945 was armed and redesignated Minah ( AMc ‑ 204 ) . Assigned to commander western sea frontier , " PCS 1465 " patrolled and trained off the west coast until late in December 1944 . Sailing to Pearl Harbor she underwent conversion to an underwater location vessel and consequently 10 January 1945 was armed and redesignated " Minah " ( AMc 204 ) . Following an appropriate training period she departed 7 July in company with other coastal minesweepers for Okinawa . While steaming beyond Saipan on the last leg of her voyage hositilities ceased . Peace focused attention on the need to clear harbor areas for the restoration of commerce and in Japan to gain access for the occupation forces . Operating until 8 September around the Okinawa area , " Minah " then sailed to Japan and assisted in clearing mines from Sasebo Harbor . Later steaming into Pusan , Korea , 5 October , she supervised Japan ese minesweeping operations . While on this duty AMc - 204 rescued the crew of a Japan ese destroyer which struck a mine and sank and also employed her divers in checking previously sunken ships . Additional underwater location assignments were performed at Kure Harbor before departing Korean waters 15 January 1946 . En route to the United States " Minah " sailed via Bikini Atoll where from 8 to 25 March she helped prepare the area for the atomic testing of Operation Crossroads . Arriving San Pedro , California , 15 May she was soon assigned to the Commander Mine Force , Atlantic Fleet , and transferred her base of operations to Charleston , South Carolina , by 21 July . Demobilization policies curtailed the ship ’ s movements until April 1947 when she undertook a series of BuShips projects in the Norfolk and Yorktown areas . The following 4 years were spent assisting the Naval Mine Countermeasure Station at Panama City , Florida . Redesignated AMCU - 14 on 7 March 1952 " Minah " proceeded to New York Navy Yard in April , one of 31 minesweepers to be converted . Local operations out of Little Creek , Virginia , and Key West , Florida , preceded a final redesignation of MHC - 14 on 7 February 1955 . She engaged in projects of the Operational Development Force and saw service within the 6th Naval District before she decommissioned in Florida , September 1959 . Briefly berthed with Atlantic Reserve Fleet , her name was stricken from the Navy list 1 November 1959 . She was sold to William J . Kleb and removed from Naval custody 8 September 1960 . Awards and honors . USS " Minah " ( AMc - 204 ) received one battle star for her World War II service .