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YMS-52

Call sign:
November - Echo - November - Alpha

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down 5 August 1941 by the Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone, Long Island, NY; Launched 15 July 1942; Completed 21 August 1942; Struck from the Naval Register 19 June 1946. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 320 t.; Length 136'; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 6' 1"; Speed 13 kts; Complement 33; Armament one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 20mm, two dct, two dcp; Propulsion two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, two shafts.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	100k	8 August 1942 Underway off Whitestone, NY. Photo by Rosenfeld and Son		Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-52

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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