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YMS-427
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 4 November 1943 by Mojean and Erickson, Tacoma, WA; Launched, 25 March 1944; Completed, 28 November 1944 and commissioned. Assigned to the 1st Fleet in March 1945 serving in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from 24 March - 30 June 1945. From 9 September - 26 October 1945 she served in the Nagoya (Honshu Area) and Sasebo (Kyushu-Korea Area). During the period of 27 October 1945 through 26 February 1946 she served in the Kure-Hiroshima (Honshu Area). In August she was placed in deferred disposal status. Decommissioned, 12 November 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, 25 February 1947; Sold, 9 December 1947 to the American Tug Boat Co., Nordland, WA. 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, 2 dcp; Propulsion two General Motors diesel engines, 1,000shp, two shafts.
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Sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge upon her return from Japan c. 1945 |
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There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-427 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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