USS YDG-5

USS YDG-5 was a degaussing vessel of the United States Navy (USN) and formerly an auxiliary minesweeper operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II.

History
Australia
Name	TSS Nambucca
Namesake	Nambucca River
Owner	North Coast Steam Navigation Company
Port of registry	Sydney
Builder	Ernest Wright, Tuncurry, New South Wales
Launched	1936
Fate	Requisitioned by Royal Australian Navy
Australia
Name	HMAS Nambucca
Acquired	7 November 1939
Commissioned	10 January 1940
Decommissioned	19 April 1943
Fate	Transferred to United States Navy
United States
Name	USS YDG-5
Acquired	19 April 1943
Commissioned	31 July 1944
Decommissioned	8 February 1946
Honours and awards	Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal *World War II Victory Medal
Fate	Destroyed by fire on 8 February 1946
General characteristics
Displacement	489 gross tons
Length	153 ft (47 m)
Beam	35 ft 1 in (10.69 m)
Draft	8 ft 7 in (2.62 m)
Installed power	48 horsepower
Propulsion	4-cylinder compound engine by Campbell & Calderwood, Paisley
Speed	8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph)
Complement	28
Armament	1-12pdr and 2-20mm (RAN service) 4-20mm (US Navy service)

She was built by Ernst Wright, Tuncurry, New South Wales and launched in 1936 for the North Coast Steam Navigation Company as the TSS Nambucca.[1] Nambucca was requisitioned by the RAN on 7 November 1939 and converted to an auxiliary minesweeper, and commissioned on 10 January 1940 as HMAS Nambucca (NB). She formed part of Minesweeping Group 50 based in Sydney, undertaking minesweeping activities around Wilsons Promontory and Cape Otway. She was transferred to the USN on 19 April 1943.

After conversion to a degaussing vessel by Evans Deakin and Company, Brisbane, she was commissioned on 31 July 1944 as USS YDG-5. She was inspected at Okinawa by USS Black Hawk in November 1945 and declared unseaworthy and declared a total loss on 30 December 1945. She was decommissioned on 7 February 1946 and was destroyed by fire on 8 February.