USS Turkey ( AMS - 56 ) USS " Turkey " ( AMS - 56 / YMS - 444 ) was a " YMS - 135 " subclass of s built for the United States Navy during World War II . History . " Turkey " was a coastal minesweeper of the United States Navy laid down as " YMS - 444 " on 16 November 1943 at Kingston , New York , by C . Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co . , Inc . ; launched on 20 July 1944 ; and commissioned on 26 December 1944 , Lt . George H . H . Huey , USNR , in command . " YMS - 444 " completed fitting out at New York and , in January 1945 , made a shakedown voyage to Little Creek , Virginia . On 6 February , she arrived at Norfolk , Virginia , and remained there while members of her crew attended Fire Fighting School . Then , late in February , she returned to New York . In March , the auxiliary motor minesweeper began operating out of Tompkinsville , New York . On 20 July , she departed New York and , after a stop at Miami , Florida , steamed through the Panama Canal to the California coast , arriving at Los Angeles , California on 8 September . On the 17th , she set her course westward for Pearl Harbor and the Marshalls . Although the war was over when " YMS - 444 " arrived in the Pacific Ocean , there were still enormous tasks left for the minesweepers . " YMS - 444 " pursued her duties operating out of Saipan and Eniwetok in October 1945 . In November , she moved on to the Ryūkyūs and Japan , sweeping mines in the Kyūshū - Korea and Honshū areas , and remained in Japanese waters into the new year . On 24 February 1946 , she departed Kure and set her course , via the Marianas and Marshalls , for Pearl Harbor and California . After pausing at San Pedro , California , in April , she got underway for the Panama Canal Zone on the 27th . It was 6 June before she departed the Canal Zone and set her course , via Charleston , for New York . She was decommissioned on 30 August 1946 and remained in the 3rd Naval District as a U . S . Naval Reserve training ship . For the next six years , " YMS - 444 " operated out of New York ports and on the Great Lakes . On 1 September 1947 , she was named USS " Turkey " and redesignated a motor minesweeper , AMS - 56 . She was placed in commission , in reserve , in April 1950 , and she returned to active status on 21 November . " Turkey " returned to the Atlantic Ocean in March 1952 and was assigned to serve with the Mine Forces , Atlantic Fleet , in August . During the following four years , she operated out of U . S . East Coast ports with occasional voyages to the Caribbean . On 7 February 1955 , she was reclassified an old coastal minesweeper MSC ( O ) - 56 . She arrived at Charleston on 9 November 1956 and was decommissioned there on 23 November 1956 . Then , on 1 May 1957 , she departed Charleston , steamed via New York , Halifax , and Montreal , and reported to the Commander , 4th Naval District , Toledo , Ohio , on 27 May 1957 . In 1960 , " Turkey " was transferred to the 1st Naval District to continue as a Reserve training ship . As such , she operated out of Fall River , Massachusetts , until September 1968 when she was replaced as a training ship by . Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register as of October 1968 , and she was sold in August 1969 . Her ultimate fate is unknown .