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YMS-153

YMS-153 served only in the British Navy.
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 7 August 1942 by the Campbell Machine Co., San Diego, CA; Launched, 31 July 1943; Completed, 23 November 1943 and transferred to Great Britian; Returned to the United States, 3 July 1946; 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 1,000 shp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
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There is no DANFS history available for YMS-153 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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