USS Firecrest (AMS-10/YMS-231) was an YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy for clearing coastal minefields during World War II.
Firecrest was laid down 5 October 1942 by Frank L. Sample, Jr., Boothbay Harbor, Maine; launched, 3 April 1943; completed and commissioned USS YMS-231, 6 August 1943.
She was sent to Korea in 1950 and operated in the combat zone until the shooting ended in July 1953.
She was returned to U. S. custody in 1967 and struck from the Naval Register, 31 March 1967.
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