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YMS-209


YMS-209 served the Navies of Great Britain and Greece.


YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 30 April 1942 as YMS-209 by Robert Jacob, Inc., City Island, NY; Launched, 15 August 1942; Completed, 24 March 1943 and transferred to Great Britain; Returned to U. S. custody, 15 April 1946 and loaned to Greece as Zakynthos (M 212); Given to Greece, 22 July 1952; Struck from the Naval Register, 8 September 1952. 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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