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YMS-86

Call sign:
November - Uniform - Mike - Hotel

YMS-86 served the Navies of the United States and the Soviet Union.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 26 June 1941 by the Al Larson Boat Shop, Terminal Island, CA; Launched, 31 January 1942; Commissioned 12 May 1942. Station ship at Efate Island, New Hebrides. Visited Aukland, New Zealand four times between 6 October and 22 November 1942. Damaged seriously but afloat after Typhoon Louise 9 October 1945 at Buckner Bay, Okinawa. Decommissioned in April 1946; Struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946; Transferred to the Soviet Union. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 320 t.; Length 136'; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 6' 1"; Speed 13 kts; Complement 33; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm, two dct, two dcp; Propulsion two General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, two shafts.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	72k	12 May 1942		Robert Hirst

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-86.

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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