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YMS-183


YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 28 March 1942 by the Greenport Basinand Construction Co., Greenport, NY; Launched, 25 June 1942; Completed, 14 January 1943; Commissioned, (date unkown); Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, 10 June 1947. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 215 t.; Length 136'; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 8'; Speed 13 kts; Complement 50; Armament, one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm, 2 dct; Propulsion, two General Motors diesels, two shafts.
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YMS-271/94/183 69k YMS-271, YMS-94, and YMS-183 alongside an unidentified tender. Jim Matley

There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-183 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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