Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.


NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive

YMS-424

Destroyed 18 December 1945

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down 1 January 1944 by the Astoria Marine Construction Co., Astoria, OR; Launched 12 August 1944; Completed 24 November 1944; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Grounded and damaged in typhoon at Okinawa 9 October 1945; Destroyed 18 December 1945; Struck from the Naval Register 3 January 1946.

Specifications: Displacement 245 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 500 bhp General Motors diesels, two shafts.


Click On Image
For Full Size Image
Size Image Description Source
YMS-424 84k 6 July 1944
Progress photo, Astoria Marine Construction Co.
(Inset, upper right) Grounded at Okinawa
.

There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-424 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

Back To The Main Photo Index Back To the Mine Warfare Ship Photo Index Back to the Auxiliary Minesweeper (YMS) Photo Index

Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster

This page created and maintained by Joseph M. Radigan
© 2004 Joseph M. Radigan © 2004 NavSource Naval History. All Rights Reserved.