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YMS-55

YMS-55 served the Navies of the United States and France

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

Laid down 26 May 1941 as YMS-55 by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL

Launched, 22 November 1941

Completed, 3 March 1942

Transferred to France, 30 September 1944 as Geranium (D 331)

Sold to France, 21 March 1949

Struck from the Navy Register 28 April 1949

Reclassified D-26 and M-666

Decommissioned 16 November 1954

Fate unknown.

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, 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-55
	65k	In the Mediterranean Sea near Sicily Photo taken from YMS-63	Tommy Trampp Photo added 4 May 2019
Geranium (D 331)
	89k	19 February 1946	Joe Radigan

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-55 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

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