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YMS-272


YMS-272 served the Navies of the United States and the Soviet Union.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down 20 July 1942 by the Bellingham Marine Railway and Boat Building Co., Bellingham, WA; Launched 14 November 1942; Completed 28 May 1943; Commissioned, (date unknown); Decommissioned, (date unknown); Transferred to the Soviet Union 19 July 1945 and renamed T-597; Struck from the Naval Register 29 October 1956. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 245 t.; Length 136'; Beam 23' 4"; Draft 8' 7"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 60; Armament, one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm, two dct, two dcp; Propulsion, two 500 bhp General Motors diesels, two shafts.


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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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