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YMS-260


YMS-260 served the Navies of the United States and the Soviet Union.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Mine Sweeper: Laid down, 20 May 1942 at South Coast Co., Newport Beach, CA; Launched, 6 September 1942; Completed and commissioned as USS YMS-260, 9 April 1943; Decommissioned (date unknown); Transferred to the Soviet Union 2 August 1945 and renamed T-527; Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown). YMS-260 has never been returned to U. S. custody. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 215 t.; Length 136'; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 6'; Speed 13 kts; Complement 50; Armament, one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm, 2 dct; Propulsion, two 500bhp General Motors diesels, two shafts.


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YMS-260 32k - Hyperwar US Navy in WWII

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-260 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

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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