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YMS-62

YMS-62 served the Navies of the United States and France.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down 12 November 1941 as YMS-62 by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL; Launched 25 February 1942; Ships sponsor was Mrs. Spessard Holland; Completed 23 May 1942; Commissioned USS YMS-62; Transferred to France 24 October 1944 as Clematite (D 323); Sold to France 21 March 1949; Struck from the Navy Register 28 April 1949; Reclassified D-07 and M-647; Decommissioned 17 June 1954. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 270 t.; Length 136'; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 8'; Speed 15 kts; Complement 32; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm, two dcp; Propulsion two General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description		Source
	87k	c. April 1942 Library of Congress photo 8b03717r		Joe Radigan

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-62 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

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

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