sentences:  For the next 16 months "YMS-395" engaged in patrol operations, convoy escort duty, and minesweeper services in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands.Together with similar ships of her type, she played an important role in defeat of Japan by keeping the staging harbors clear of enemy mines,
  
  After the Japanese surrender, "YMS-395" departed Guam 14 September 1945, touching several islands before arriving San Pedro, California, 26 October.She remained on the West Coast until May 1946 performing experimental minesweeping tests and after arriving Charleston, South Carolina, on 13 June she continued similar exercises alone the East Coast.