| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Class | YMS |
| Pennant | YMS-56 |
| Built by | Gibbs Gas Engine Co. (Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 1 Apr 1941 |
| Laid down | 30 May 1941 |
| Launched | 6 Dec 1941 |
| Commissioned | 18 Mar 1942 |
| End service | |
| History |
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Notable events involving YMS-56 include:
13 Dec 1943
USS YMS-56 picks up 8 survivors from the American tanker McDowell that was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-516 about 30 miles north of Aruba in position 13°08'N, 70°02'W.