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YMS-144

YMS-144 served the Navies of the United States and the Soviet Union.
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 20 April 1942 by the San Diego Marine Construction Co., San Diego, CA; Launched, 30 July 1942; Completed, 17 March 1943; Commissioned, (date unknown); Decommissioned, (date unknown); Transferred to the Soviet Union, 17 May 1945; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). 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-144 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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