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YMS-56

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 30 May 1941 by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL; Launched, 6 December 1941; Completed, 18 March 1942. 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 dcp; 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
	280k	Artist's rendition of YMS-56 and YMS-90 Cover of the October 1942 edition of Motor Boating magazine		Tom Nye

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-56

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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