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YMS-257


YMS-257 served only in the Royal Navy.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 15 October 1942 by the Weaver Shipyard, Orange, TX; Launched, 30 September 1943; Completed, 19 January 1944; Transferred to Great Britain, 20 January 1944; Struck from the Naval Register, 28 August 1947; Returned to U.S. custody, 29 August 1947. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 270 t.; Length 136'; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 8'; Speed 15 kts; Complement 32; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm, two dcp; Propulsion two General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.


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