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YMS-83

Call sign: November - Uniform - Juliet - Hotel

YMS-83 served the Navies of the United States, France and Vietnam.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 24 October 1941 at the Stadium Yacht Basin, Cleveland, OH; Launched, 27 June 1942; Completed, 30 August 1942; Commissioned YMS-83; Transferred to France, 20 October 1944 as Digitale (D 326); Sold to France, 21 March 1949; Struck from the Naval Register, 28 April 1949; Reclassified D-15 and M-655, (dates unknown); Sold to Vietnam, 11 February 1954. 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.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	35k	.		Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
	115k	.		Tom Turk

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-83.

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

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Association of Minemen

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