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YMS-444 /AMS-56 / MSC(O)-56 Turkey


YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 16 November 1943 by the C. Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston, NY; Launched, 20 July 1944; Completed, 21 December 1944; Commissioned USS YMS-444, 26 December 1944; Named and reclassified a Motor Minesweeper USS Turkey (AMS-56), 1 September 1947; Decommissioned, 30 August 1946, retained in 3rd Naval District as a Reserve Training Ship; Placed in commission, in reserve, April 1950; Reclassified as a Coastal Minesweeper (Old) MSC(O)-56, 7 February 1955; Decommissioned, 23 November 1956 at Charleston, SC; Struck from the Naval Register, October 1968; Sold, August 1969. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 320 t.; Length 136'; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 8'; Speed 14 kts; Complement 33; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm, two .50 cal. machine guns, 2 dct, 2 dcp; two General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
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YMS-444 64k Charleston, SC. Note plywood patches covering damage received
from refueling.
c. 1946
Charles W. Dunn
YMS-444 66k Charleston, SC.
c. 1946
Charles W. Dunn
YMS-444 65k Charleston, SC.
c. 1946
Charles W. Dunn
YMS-444 55k Charleston, SC.
c. 1946
Charles W. Dunn
YMS-444 69k Somewhere between Pearl Harbor, HI and San Pedro, CA Charles W. Dunn
YMS-444 67k . Charles W. Dunn
YMS-444 67k . Charles W. Dunn
Turkey 25k - USS Surfbird Web Site
and Don Gillispie
(1960-63)

View the Turkey (AMS-56)
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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