USS Siskin

	Siskin with U.S. Mine Division 22, circa 1965
History
United States
Ordered	as YMS-425
Laid down	6 June 1944
Launched	9 September 1944
Commissioned	21 December 1944
Decommissioned	19 July 1946
In service	March 1950
Out of service	24 October 1957
Stricken	1 October 1968
Fate	Sold for scrapping
General characteristics
Displacement	320 tons
Length	136 ft (41 m)
Beam	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draught	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Speed	13 knots
Complement	33
Armament	one machine guns

USS Siskin (AMS-58/YMS-425) was a

YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. She is the only U.S. Navy ship to be named for the siskin

.

History

YMS-425, a motor minesweeper, was laid down on 6 June 1944 by the Astoria Marine Construction Co. at Astoria, Oregon; launched on 9 September 1944; and placed in service on 21 December 1944.^{[citation needed]}

The motor minesweeper conducted training exercises and

San Francisco, California, and headed for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.^{[citation needed}

]

She spent 10 days in the

Eniwetok from 12 to 14 September, at Saipan from 19 to 22 September, and made Okinawa on the 28th. From Okinawa, she headed to Japan; and, for the next six months, she operated in Japanese coastal waters, sweeping mines for the occupation forces. YMS-425 completed her part in the minesweeping operation and, on 11 March 1946, shaped a course for the United States.^{[citation needed}

]

After stops at

U.S. Naval Reserve training ship.^{[citation needed}

]

Siskin recommissioned at Boston in March 1950 under the command of Lt. F. W. Cole. She operated along the southeastern and

U.S. East Coast.^{[citation needed}

]

Siskin arrived in

Navy list. She was subsequently sold for scrapping.^{[citation needed}

]