The Uchuck III at the fitting wharf at Victoria's Point Hope Shipyard for a refit, June 10, 2018. There was an open house at the shipyard. (Photo © Dennis J. Dubinsky)

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

Laid down 2 July 1941 by the Krause and Banks Shipbuilding Co., Inc., North Bend, OR
Launched 14 March 1942
Completed 24 August 1942 and commissioned USS YMS-123
Struck from the Naval Register 17 April 1946
Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in February 1947
Purchased by Nootka Sound Services Ltd., of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada in late 1951 and placed in service as the passenger/cargo ship MV Uchuck III operating out of Gold River, British Columbia.