USS Pelican (AMS-32)

	A YMS-1-class minesweeper
History
United States
Name	USS YMS-441
Builder	Robert Jacob Inc.; City Island, New York;
Laid down	27 November 1943
Launched	13 November 1944
Commissioned	21 February 1945
Renamed	USS Pelican (AMS-32), 18 February 1947
Namesake	the pelican bird
Decommissioned	16 April 1955
Reclassified	MSC(O)-32, 7 February 1955
Fate	lent to Japan, 16 April 1955
Acquired	returned from Japan, April 1968
Stricken	1 May 1968
Fate	Scrapped
Japan
Name	JDS Ogishima (MSC-659)
Acquired	16 April 1955
Fate	Returned to the U.S. Navy, April 1968
General characteristics
Class & type	YMS-135 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers
Displacement	350 tons
Length	136 ft (41 m)
Beam	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Propulsion	2 × 880 bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement	50
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun mount; 2 × 20 mm guns; 2 × depth charge projectors;

USS Pelican (MSC(O)-32/AMS-32/YMS-441) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent ships from passing.