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PCS-1398
YMS-449


YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Mine Sweeper: Laid down, 5 June 1943 as PCS-1398 by the South Coast Co., Newport Beach, CA; Reclassified as a Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper YMS-449, 27 September 1943; Launched, 29 February 1944; Commissioned USS YMS-449, 7 July 1944; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, 19 July 1946; Sold, 6 February 1947. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 320 t.; Length 136'; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 6' 1"; Speed 12 kts; Complement 33; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm, 2 dcp; Propulsion two 1,000shp diesel engines, two shafts.
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US Navy in World War II

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-449 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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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