USS Brant (MSC(O)-43/AMS-43/YMS-113) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II.

On 18 June, the motor minesweeper moved north to Los Angeles, California, where she completed her trials and loaded supplies.

She and her sailing mates arrived in Pearl Harbor on 7 July, but remained at Oahu only two days before putting to sea again in company with Brazos, YMS-97, and YMS-117.

The minesweeper arrived in Nouméa three days later and began a nine-month tour of duty clearing mines and patrolling against Japanese submarines.

YMS-113 resumed her duties at Nouméa on 28 June and continued them until moving to Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides early in November for her first overhaul.

On 5 January 1953, she got underway for Panama City, Florida, and, five days later, reported for duty at the Mine Countermeasures Station.

On 11 May, the minesweeper departed Panama City and headed back to Charleston where she entered the naval shipyard on 1 June for her regular overhaul.

That assignment—broken only by periodic availabilities and participation in an Atlantic Fleet exercise in October and November 1954 occupied the remainder of her active career.

Brant was decommissioned on 23 October 1955 and was berthed with the Green Cove Springs Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet.