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YMS-441
Pelican (AMS / MSC(O) 32)



Call sign: November - Charlie - Sierra - whiskey



Pelican served the Navies of the United States and Japan.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Mine Sweeper: Laid down, 27 November 1943 by Robert Jacob Inc., City Island, NY; Launched, 13 November 1944; Completed, 20 February 1945; Commissioned USS YMS-441, 21 February 1945; Reclassified as a Motor Minesweeper and named Pelican (AMS 32), 18 February 1947; Reclassified a Coastal Minesweeper (Old) MSC(O)-32), 7 February 1955; Decommissioned, 16 April 1955 and loaned to Japan; Renamed Ogishima (MSC 659); Returned to the United States, April 1968; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1968. 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, 2 dcp; Propulsion two General Motors diesel engines, 1,000shp, two shafts.
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YMS-441 109k YMS-441 bringing up the rear behind an unidentified Fleet Minesweeper.
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View the YMS-441 / Pelican (AMS 32)
DANFS history entry located on 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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