USS Robin ( AMS - 53 ) USS " Robin " ( MSC ( O ) - 53 / AMS - 53 / YMS - 311 ) was a built for the United States Navy during World War II . History . " Robin " was laid down as " YMS - 311 " on 7 May 1943 by Henry B . Nevins , Inc . of City Island , New York ; launched 6 October 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . John W . Bradbury ; completed on 5 November 1943 ; and commissioned on 6 November 1943 , Lt . ( jg . ) Hamilton Young , USNR , in command . Following shakedown in Chesapeake Bay , " YMS - 311 " headed south and on 23 December reported for duty to Commander , Caribbean Sea Frontier . From January to mid - May 1944 , she served in the Curaçao - Aruba area , escorting freighters and oilers to and from convoy rendezvous points . Then ordered to the Pacific Ocean , the YMS proceeded to Panama , thence continued on to California and Hawaii . Arriving at Pearl Harbor at the end of July , she underwent further training in August , then steamed west to the Admiralties . On 11 October , " YMS - 311 " departed Seeadler Harbor in TU 79 . 12 . 1 . Seven days later , she arrived at the entrance to Leyte Gulf and began sweeping operations to clear the way for the invasion force which followed . Through the 19th , despite Japanese aerial resistance , she continued to sweep in Leyte Gulf ; then , on the 20th , joined LST group Baker on the departure line off Blue Beach 2 - - Orange Beach 1 and assumed duty as control ship . YMS - 311 remained off that assault area north of Dulag until the 24th when she got underway to return to New Guinea and the Admiralties . At the end of the year , she again departed Seeadler Harbor for the Philippines and another amphibious landing . On 9 January 1945 , assigned to TG 79 . 9 , she repeated her control ship role as U . S . Army troops were landed on Luzon near the town of Lingayen . Through the month and into February , the " YMS " continued to support operations in the Philippines . In March , she moved to Ulithi , whence she departed on the 19th to participate in Operation Iceberg , the invasion of the Ryukyus . On 25 March , she arrived off Kerama Retto and began sweeping operations . Toward the end of the month , she swept off the Hagushi beaches , then retired to Kerama Retto on 1 April as troops were landed on those beaches . Replenished , she resumed sweeping on the 2d , and by the 6th had cleared areas off Keise Shima and Ie Shima . On the morning of the 6th , a flight of 35 enemy planes attacked her formation . Three of the Vals chose her as their target , two others chose a nearby ship . " YMS - 311 " took the five under fire and splashed three . One penetrated the AA defenses , hit the minesweeper on the forecastle deck , then skidded across the bow and plunged into the water off the portside , killing one and wounding two of the ship ’ s crew en route . " YMS - 311 " retired to Kerama Retto . After temporary repairs she swept that anchorage area until the 11th , then sailed for Saipan to complete her repairs . On 26 May " YMS - 311 " returned to Okinawa and into June swept the channels between Okinawa and Kerama Retto . From the 13th to the 23d , she swept off Saki Shima , then returned to Kerama Retto . In July she shifted to Buckner Bay , operated in that area , with occasional runs to Kerama Retto into August , and on the 6th of that month departed the Ryukyus for the Philippines . At the end of the month , she returned to Buckner Bay and in September moved north to the Japan ese home islands for postwar sweeping operations , which continued well into December . On 28 December she departed Sasebo for the Marianas , whence she continued on across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii and California . At the end of May 1946 , " YMS - 311 " , reassigned to the U . S . Atlantic Fleet , transited the Panama Canal and proceeded to Philadelphia and New York . Decommissioned on 31 July , she was subsequently placed in service as a Naval Reserve training ship at Tompkinsville , New York . On 1 September 1947 , " YMS - 311 " was renamed and redesignated " Robin " ( AMS - 53 ) . Through the end of the decade and into the 1950s , " Robin " continued to serve reservists in the 3rd Naval District . In February 1952 , she was recommissioned and transferred back to the active fleet . Assigned initially to the 5th Naval District , she was homeported at Charleston in June 1953 as a unit of Mine Squadron 4 , Mine Division 42 , operated from there until February 1954 . She then moved back to the Chesapeake Bay area for overhaul and duty with the Mine Warfare School at Yorktown , Virginia . In January 1955 , Charleston again became her homeport and for the next 2 years Robin resumed operations which ranged from Nova Scotia to the Caribbean . Redesignated MSC ( O ) - 53 on 7 February 1955 , " Robin " operated from Panama City , Florida , from April to October 1957 . On 28 October she sailed for the west coast to return to Naval Reserve training duty . She arrived at Tacoma , Washington , on 7 December and was decommissioned and placed in service as a training ship for the 13th Naval District on 13 December . She remained on that duty until placed out of service in the summer of 1961 . Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 August 1961 . Awards and honors . " YMS - 311 " earned five battle stars for her World War II service .