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YMS-27



Call sign: November - Bravo - Kilo - Bravo



YMS-27 served the Navies of the United States and France.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 24 December 1941 as YMS-27 by the Greenport Basin & Construction Co., Long Island, NY; Launched, 7 March 1942; Completed, 30 June 1942; Conducted her shakedown cruise escorting a floating drydock to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Eventually returning to the Newport News/Hampton Roads marshalling area for the amphibious invasion of North Africa. Deployed with American forces from Oran to Tunis and Bizerte. Participated in the landings on Sicily. During the invasion of Salerno, the ship's responsibility consisted of laying a smoke screen for the protection of the cruisers in deeper water. Took part in Operation Husky, the invasion of southern France. Transferred to France, 9 October 1944 as Hortensia (D 333); Sold to France, 21 March 1949; Struck from the Naval Register, 28 April 1949; Reclassified D-19 and M-659, (dates unknown); Hortensia decommissioned, 8 March 1961. 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 General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
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YMS-27 60k . Charles Allen Curtis
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YMS-27 24k . Charles Allen Curtis
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YMS-27 Crew 44k Charles Allen Curtis (with pipe) Charles Allen Curtis
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YMS-27 Crew 71k Crew photo Charles Allen Curtis
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There is no DANFS history available for YMS-27 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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