USS PCS-1376 was the lead ship of her class of patrol minesweepers built for the United States Navy during World War II.

PCS-1376 was laid down on 13 October 1942 at the Wheeler Shipbuilding Corporation in Whitestone, New York; launched on 3 April 1943, sponsored by Mrs. J. E. Flipse; and commissioned on 9 July 1943.

The warship did double duty until the end of 1943 conducting anti-submarine patrols at night and training submarine chaser nucleus crews in the daytime.

That type of duty lasted until the cessation of hostilities of World War II in August 1945, at which time she resumed actual onboard training.

On 8 October 1945, she received orders to report for duty with the Atlantic Fleet Operational Training Command at Norfolk, Virginia.