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YMS-35



Call sign: November - Bravo - Quebec - India



YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 17 May 1941 by the C. Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston, NY; Launched, 7 November 1941; Completed, 13 July 1942; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, 17 July 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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YMS-35 100k c. 1942
View of bow taken from Crow's Nest. Officer in 3"/50 gun mount is identified as Bill Evans.
Helen L. Schneidau
from the collection of LT John D. Schneidau, Jr., USNR, Commanding Officer, USS LST-31
YMS-35 139k c. 1942
Looking aft from the Signal Bridge showing just a bit less than 2/3 of the ships length.
Helen L. Schneidau
from the collection of LT John D. Schneidau, Jr., USNR, Commanding Officer, USS LST-31
YMS-35 104k c. 1942
Lookout in Crow's Nest.
Helen L. Schneidau
from the collection of LT John D. Schneidau, Jr., USNR, Commanding Officer, USS LST-31
YMS-35 85k c. 1942 Helen L. Schneidau
from the collection of LT John D. Schneidau, Jr., USNR, Commanding Officer, USS LST-31
YMS-35 79k c. 1942 Helen L. Schneidau
from the collection of LT John D. Schneidau, Jr., USNR, Commanding Officer, USS LST-31
YMS-35 81k c. 1942 Helen L. Schneidau
from the collection of LT John D. Schneidau, Jr., USNR, Commanding Officer, USS LST-31
YMS-35 100k c. 1942
"Skipper." Ship's mascot.
Helen L. Schneidau
from the collection of LT John D. Schneidau, Jr., USNR, Commanding Officer, USS LST-31

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-35 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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