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YMS-78

YMS-78 served the Navies of the United States, France and Vietnam.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down 16 May 1941 as YMS-78 by the Stadium Yacht Basin, Cleveland, OH; Launched, 11 December 1941; Completed, 17 June 1942; Transferred to France 5 October 1944 as Belladone (D 318); Sold to France, 21 March 1949; Struck from the Navy Register 28 April 1949; Reclassified D-18 and M-658; Decommissioned 11 February 1954 and transferred to South Vietnam as Bach Dang (HQ 113); Scrapped
in 1963.

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 thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description		Source
	71k	Under construction with YMS-76 alongside.		Historical Collections of the Great Lakes

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-78

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

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