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YMS-65

Call sign:
Nan - Item - Dog - Oboe

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 7 January 1942 by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL; Launched, 30 March 1942; Completed, 5 July 1942; Struck from the Navy Register 10 June 1947.
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.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	126k	c. April 1942 YMS-64 and YMS-65 under construction Library of Congress photo 8b03715r		Joe Radigan

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-65 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

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

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