USS Courser (AMS-6)

	A YMS-1-class minesweeper
History
United States
Name	USS YMS-201
Builder	Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co.; Kingston, New York;
Laid down	28 August 1942
Launched	19 November 1942
Completed	24 July 1943
Commissioned	Date unknown
Reclassified	AMS-6, 17 February 1947
Renamed	Courser, 18 February 1947
Namesake	Probably the courser bird
Reclassified	MSC(O)-6, 7 February 1955
Decommissioned	Date unknown
Stricken	1 November 1959
Fate	Unknown
General characteristics
Class & type	YMS-135 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers
Displacement	270 t
Length	136 ft (41 m)
Beam	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft	8 ft (2.4 m)
Propulsion	2 × 880 bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	32
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber dual purpose gun mount; 2 × 20 mm guns; 2 × depth charge projectors;

USS Courser (MSC(O)-6/AMS-6/YMS-201) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second ship of the U.S. Navy to be named Courser.