High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pelican was laid down as YMS-441 on 27 November 1943 by Robert Jacob Inc. of City Island, New York; launched 13 November 1944; and commissioned 21 February 1945, Lt. Pierre LaTour, USNR, in command. After shakedown on the east coast, YMS-441 sailed for the Pacific 10 April, finally arriving at Okinawa in August. While there, the sturdy little craft participated in minesweeping exercises and in several minesweeping operations with the U.S. 3rd Fleet. Returning to the United States in February 1946, YMS-441 operated along the California coast until November, when she sailed to Guam. Arriving in Guam in January 1947, YMS-441 participated in minesweeping operations in the Caroline and Marshall islands.

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