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YMS-64


YMS-64 served the Navies of the United States and France.
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down, 3 January 1942 as YMS-64 by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL
  • Launched, 25 March 1942
  • Completed, 24 June 1942
  • Transferred to France 18 October 1944 as Jonquille (D 336)
  • Sold to France, 21 March 1949
  • Struck from the Navy Register 28 April 1949
  • Reclassified D-20 and M-660
  • Decommissioned 16 November 1964
  • 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 mounts, two dcp
    Propulsion: Two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.

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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    YMS-64
    YMS-64 126k c. April 1942
    YMS-64 and YMS-65 under construction
    Library of Congress photo 8b03715r    		 Joe Radigan
    Jonquille (D 336)
    YMS-64 79k 17 April 1946 Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for YMS-64 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
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