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YMS-339


YMS-339 served the Navies of the United States, the Republic of China and the Peoples Republic of China.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 8 March 1943 by the Seattle Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Seattle, WA; Launched, 8 May 1943; Completed, 25 September 1943; Commissioned, 16 October 1943; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Transferred to Nationalist China, 30 June 1948; Struck from the Naval Register, 13 July 1948; Seized by Red China, 1949. 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 1,000 shp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.


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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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