USS Brambling ( AMS - 42 ) USS " Brambling " ( AMS - 42 / YMS - 109 ) was a acquired by the U . S . Navy for the task of removing mines from water that had been placed there to prevent ships from passing . The second ship to be named " Brambling " by the Navy was laid down as " YMS - 109 " on 21 May 1941 at Manitowoc , Wisconsin , by the Burger Boat Co . ; launched on 16 May 1942 ; and commissioned on 23 September 1942 , Lt . Crittenden B . Taylor , USNR , in command . World War II service . After completing her outfitting period , " YMS - 109 " reported for duty with the 5th Naval District . She conducted minesweeping operations out of Little Creek , Virginia , and performed experimental work in the York River . In addition , the motor minesweeper escorted coastal shipping and made antisubmarine patrols in the Chesapeake Bay area . Transit to Pacific Ocean . Those duties lasted until 20 July 1945 when " YMS 109 " departed Norfolk , Virginia , on her way to the U . S . West Coast . Sailing via Miami , Florida and the Panama Canal , she arrived at San Pedro , California , on 15 August . After repairs at Wilmington , California , " YMS - 109 " moved south to San Diego , California . On 1 October , she departed San Diego in company with several other yard craft bound for the Hawaiian Islands . The minesweeper remained in the islands through the end of 1945 and into the early months of 1946 . During that time , she conducted patrols and carried passengers between various places in the islands . Post - war activity . In April 1946 , " YMS - 109 " departed Pearl Harbor to return to the United States . She arrived in San Francisco , California , on 2 May and unloaded her minesweeping gear . On 28 May , she got underway for the U . S . East Coast . The minesweeper transited the Panama Canal on 13 June and continued her voyage to Tompkinsville , New York , where she arrived on 1 July . Naval Reserve training ship . On 12 July , she returned to sea , bound ultimately for Detroit , Michigan . En route , the warship visited Quebec , Canada , before heading up the St . Lawrence River and into Lake Ontario . She arrived at Detroit on 24 July . On 7 August 1946 , " YMS - 109 " was decommissioned at the Detroit Naval Armory where she began duty as a naval reserve training ship . She was named " Brambling " and was redesignated " AMS - 42 " on 19 August 1947 . Her naval reserve training assignment in the 9th Naval District lasted until the beginning of 1950 . In February of that year , she was placed in reserve at Orange , Texas . Reactivated during Korean War . Her retirement , however , proved to be only a year in duration since the outbreak of the war in Korea in June 1950 prompted an increase in the Navy ' s demand for active warships . Accordingly , " Brambling " was recommissioned on 12 February 1951 . Her role , though , was not of an active combat nature . Instead , she helped free ships of the U . S . Atlantic Fleet — ships in a higher state of combat readiness than she — for service in the combat zone . Assigned to school ship and other duties . Throughout the Korean War , " Brambling " made her contribution as a training ship at the Mine Warfare School , Yorktown , Virginia , helping to train minesweeper sailors for service in Korean waters . Later , after the Korean War subsided , she occupied her time with the U . S . Atlantic Fleet and independent ships exercises punctuated by assignments with the Naval Mine Defense Laboratory at Panama City , Florida . On 7 February 1955 , " Brambling " was redesignated " MSCO - 42 " . Inactivation and decommissioning . Not long thereafter , however , she received orders to prepare for inactivation at Green Cove Springs , Florida . The warship arrived there on 19 April and was immediately placed in commission , in reserve , for the inactivation process . On 17 July 1955 , " Brambling " was decommissioned and berthed with the Green Cove Springs Group , Atlantic Reserve Fleet . Her name was struck from the Navy list sometime in November 1959 , and she was sold on 31 August 1961 to Mr . H . G . Mann , of Jacksonville , Florida .