USS Rhea (AMS-52/YMS-299) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent ships from passing.

The second ship to be named Rhea by the Navy was laid down as YMS-299 by William F. Stone & Sons Co., Oakland, California, 5 June 1942; launched 14 November 1942; and commissioned 7 April 1943.

Following shakedown, the YMS-299, a wooden hulled minesweeper, sailed west to Hawaii where she operated under Commander, Hawaiian Sea Frontier, until December 1943.

An element of task unit TU 52.7.2 she remained in the area until July, sweeping the approaches to the Hagushi beaches, to the Kerama Retto anchorage, and to Buckner Bay.

Returning to Japan at midmonth, she got underway for Saipan on the 24th and from there continued eastward and arrived at San Francisco, California, 15 April.

She remained in the Reserve Fleet until struck from the Navy List on 1 November 1959 and sold to the Ships, Engines, & Equipment Co. in June 1960.