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YMS-9



Call sign:
Nan - Able - Nan - Item
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 4 February 1942 by Henry B. Nevins Inc., City Island, NY; Launched, 15 June 1942; Completed, 11 July 1942; Struck from the Navy Register 19 June 1946.
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 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.
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YMS-9 71k Launching ceremony in large building shed at Nevins.
Courtesy of City Island Nautical Museum		 Tom Nye
YMS-9 100k Launched
Courtesy of City Island Nautical Museum		 Tom Nye
YMS-9 179k 1 October 1942
Navy Yard Charleston, SC
In dry dock with SC-637, YMS-10 and YMS-49		 Robert Hall
There is no DANFS history available for YMS-9 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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