USS YMS-263 (YMS-263)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Minesweeper
Class	YMS
Pennant	YMS-263
Built by	South Coast Co. (Newport Beach, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered	14 Mar 1942
Laid down	21 Aug 1942
Launched	2 Nov 1942
Commissioned	10 Aug 1943
End service	10 Nov 1949
History	Converted to a survey ship and named Simon Newcomb (AGS 14) on 20 March 1945 Reclassified as coastal survey ship AGSC-14 on 29 July 1946 On 9 August she ran hard aground at Mother Burns Cove, Labrador She was refloated, patched up, and towed to Norfolk Decommissioned on 10 November 1949 Stricken on 31 January 1950 Sold to be broken up for scrap on 25 April 1950

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