ISBN: | 978-5-5122-0066-7 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Verdin was a YMS-1 class minesweeper of the US Navy that served during World War II. Laid down as PCS-1439 on 5 September 1943 at Jacksonville, Florida, by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co.; redesignated YMS-471 on 27 September 1943; launched on 23 May 1944; and commissioned on 27 October 1944.