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YMS-68

Call sign:
November - India - Hotel - Alpha

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 22 July 1941 by the Weaver Brothers Shipyards, Orange, TX; Launched, 24 February 1942; Completed, 1 August 1942; Struck from the Naval Register, 3 July 1946. 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.

Size	Image Description	Source
60k	24 February 1942 Weaver Shipyards, Orange, TX Courtesy of Dr. Howard C. Williams Texana and Orange County Historian	Curry Garvin
44k	24 February 1942 Weaver Shipyards, Orange, TX Courtesy of Dr. Howard C. Williams Texana and Orange County Historian	Curry Garvin
41k	24 February 1942 Weaver Shipyards, Orange, TX Courtesy of Dr. Howard C. Williams Texana and Orange County Historian	Curry Garvin
308k	6 May 1946 Olongapo, Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands John Dever is fourth from the left. YMS-68 is astern of YMS-196 Photo by Leonor Art Studio, Subic City, P. I.	John Dever

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-68

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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

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