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YMS-81

Call sign: November - Uniform - Foxtrot - Echo

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 16 July 1941 by the Stadium Yacht Basin, Cleveland, OH; Launched, 30 May 1942; Completed, 28 July 1942. Damaged by suicide plane 7 April 1945 in Okinawa area. Damaged by grounding 29 May 1945 in Okinawa area. Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, 10 June 1947; Sold 9 March 1948. 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.

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	52k	.		Historical Collections of the Great Lakes

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-81

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

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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