USS Grouse (AMS-15) USS Grouse (AMS-15) The USS "Grouse" (AMS-15/YMS-321) was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was laid down as "YMS-321" on 29 August 1942 by Al Larson Boat Shop Inc. of Terminal Island, California, launched 20 February 1943, sponsored by Mrs. H. Doty. The ship was completed and commissioned as "USS YMS-321", 25 October 1943 with Lt. (j.g.) Newman in command. After shakedown and patrol out of San Diego, California, "YMS-321" sailed for Pearl Harbor 21 April 1944, arriving 1 May. A month later she sailed for sweeping and patrol duties in the Guam-Saipan-Tinian
Hazel grouse eggs and cares for the chicks alone, as is typical with gamebirds. Hazel grouse The hazel grouse ("Tetrastes bonasia"), sometimes called the hazel hen, is one of the smaller members of the grouse family of birds. It is a sedentary species, breeding across northern Eurasia as far east as Hokkaido, and as far west as central and eastern Europe, in dense, damp, mixed coniferous woodland, preferably with some spruce. This is a relatively small grouse at length. The plumage of this plump bird is finely patterned, but it essentially has grey upperparts, brown wings and chestnut flecked white underparts. The