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YMS-79

Call sign:
Nan - Uncle - Baker - Item

YMS-79 served the Navies of the United States and Turkey.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down 12 June 1941 by the Stadium Yacht Basin, Cleveland, OH; Launched, 27 December 1941; Completed, 26 June 1942; Commissioned USS YMS-79; Struck from the Navy Register 19 February 1948; Sold to Turkey 10 May 1948 as Kas (M 517); Struck from the Turkish Navy list in 1963 and dismantled.

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
	112k	Launching		Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
	41k	U.S. Navy photo		Robert Hurst

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-79

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