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YMS-25

YMS-25 served the Navies of the United States and Peru.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down 28 November 1941 by the Greenport Basin and Construction Co., Long Island, NY; Launched 28 January 1942; Completed 5 June 1942; Commissioned USS YMS-25; Struck from the Navy Register 17 July 1947 and transferred to Peru as Alferez de Fragata Bondy (M 27); Renamed and reclassified Bondy (M 137) in 1964; Struck from the Peruvian Navy list in 1974. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 270 t.; Length 136'; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 8'; Speed 13 kts; Complement 50; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount; Propulsion two 800bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	53k	c. 1953 Alferez de Fragata Bondy (M 27)		Robert Hurst
	45k	c. 1966 Bondy (M 137)		Robert Hurst

There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-25

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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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