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YMS-26

Call sign: November - Bravo - Juliet - Sierra

YMS-26 served the Navies of the United States and France.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

Laid down 15 December 1941 as YMS-26 by the Greenport Basin and Construction Co., Long Island, NY

Launched 28 February 1942

Completed 16 June 1942

Transferred to France 10 March 1944 and named Pimpernelle (D 211)

Sold to France 21 March 1949

Struck from the Naval Register 28 April 1949

Reclassified D-352 in 1947, then D-09 in August 1948 and M-649 in 1951

Reclassified Q-320

Decommissioned 12 June 1962 and struck from the French Navy list

Scrapped.

Specifications:

Displacement 270 t.

Length 136'

Beam 24' 6"

Draft 8'

Speed 15 kts.

Complement 32

Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 20mm mounts, and two depth charge projectors

Propulsion: Two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS YMS-26
	63k		Village of Greenport website
Pimpernelle (D-211)
	158k	Pimpernelle drops a depth charge astern to simulate a mine explosion, during training operations, 14 April 1944. This ship is still wearing her U.S. Navy bow markings, as well as her New French Pennant number National Archives photo 80-G-K-1689	Mike Green Photo added 3 April 2019

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-26

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