 USS Phoebe (MSC-199)

USS Phoebe (AMS/MSC-199) was a in the United States Navy for clearing coastal minefields..The second "Phoebe" to be named by the Navy was laid down 26 February 1953, as "AMS-199", by the Harbor Boat Building Company, Terminal Island, California; launched 21 August 1954; sponsored by Mrs. Anne Elizabeth Gotch; as a coastal minesweeper MSC-199, on 7 February 1955; and commissioned 29 April 1955, Lieutenant George D. Ferguson in command.