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YMS-262
James M. Gillis (AGS / AGSC 13)
AMCU / MHC-13

AMCU-13 call sign:
November - Delta - Juliet - Uniform
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper / Harkness Class Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator): Laid down, 6 September 1942 by the South Coast Shipbuilding Co., Newport Beach, CA; Launched, 24 December 1942; Completed, 11 August 1943; Commissioned as USS YMS-262, 15 September 1943; Converted to a Survey Ship and named James M. Gillis (AGS 13), 23 March 1945 at the California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington, CA; Reclassified as a Coastal Survey Ship AGSC-13, 29 July 1946; Decommissioned, 22 September 1950; Converted to a Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator) AMCU-13, 18 August 1951 at the New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, NY; Recommissioned, 5 September 1951; Reclassified a Coastal Minehunter and designated MHC-13, 1 February 1955; Decommissioned, 6 August 1958 at Green Cove Springs, FL; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 January 1960. Sold, 17 June 1960 to Marlene Blouse Corp. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 265 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 1,000shp General Motors diesels, two shafts.
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Seen here as USS John M. Gillis (AGS 13) outboard of USS Simon Newcomb (AGS 14). |
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In forground at the Brooklyn Navy Yard is Simon Newcomb (AGS 14), Harkness (AGS 12), and James M. Gillis (AGS 13). Astern is the "mother ship" Tanner (AGS 15). LST-664 is moored at another pier with an unidentified LST outboard. |
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Seen here off the coast of Labrador, c. 1949. On her fantail is the helicopter from Tanner being taken to Goose Bay for repairs. US Navy Photo |
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