YMS-442 was laid down 12 October 1943 by the C. Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co. of Kingston, New York, launched 20 April 1944, and completed 13 October 1944. She was commissioned on 14 October 1944. YMS-442 departed Brooklyn, New York, and operated in the Okinawa area as an escort vessel during the autumn of 1945. Until spring 1946, she cleared shipping lanes off Japan, Korea, and China. Back from the $3, she provided occasional service to the Mine Warfare School, Yorktown, Virginia, during 1946 and into 1948. Following these assignments, Plover was struck from the Naval Vessel Register 1 October 1968.