HMS BYMS-2203
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HMS BYMS-2203 (J 1003)[1] was a Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". originally built for the United States Navy during World War II. Upon completion she was transferred to the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease. She was returned to the U.S. Navy after conclusion of the war, and struck soon after. She was never commissioned in the U.S. Navy.
She was laid down 15 January 1942 as YMS-203 by the Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co. of Kingston, New York. She was launched on 15 January 1943 and delivered 31 August 1943 and transferred to the Royal Navy as BYMS-2203.[1]
Little is known of her war record. She sailed from the United Kingdom to Malta as a part of Convoy KMS 43 on 11 December 1943,[2] and, at least for a time, she served in the Pacific.[3] After Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". had already attacked a submarine target Script error: No such module "convert". of Roi in June 1944, BYMS-2203 assisted Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". on in searching for Japanese submarine Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., even though, unknown at the time, Bangust’s attack had already been successful.[4]
She was returned to U.S. custody on 12 November 1946 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register, 13 December 1946. Her final fate is unknown.
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