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YMS-103

Call sign:
Nan - Able - How - Yoke

Abandoned 8 April 1945

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

Laid down 22 July 1941 by Astoria Marine Construction Co., Astoria, OR

Launched, 29 August 1942

Completed, 19 September 1942

Damaged by mines 8 April 1945 in Nakagusuku-wan (Buckner Bay), Okinawa

Beached and abandoned

Struck from the Navy list 19 May 1945.

Specifications:

Displacement 320 t.

Length 136'

Beam 24' 6"

Draft 6' 1"

Speed 13 kts.

Complement 32

Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 20mm mounts, two dpth charge tracks and two depth charge projectors

Propulsion: Two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.

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There is no DANFS history available for YMS-103

YMS-103 Action Report, Okinawa Operation, 26 March to 8 April 1945
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1. Cover page of Action Report	2. Introduction	3. Part I - Brief Summary	4. Part I (contd)	5. Part I (contd)
6. Part II - Preliminaries	7. Part IV - Ordnance	8. Part V - Damage	9. Part VII - Personnel Performance and Casualties	10. Part VIII - Lessons learned, conclusions and recommendations

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