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YMS-119



Call sign:
Nan - Baker - Charlie - Tare

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 15 July 1941 by the Harbor Boat Co., Terminal Island, CA
  • Launched 2 March 1942
  • Completed 11 June 1942
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in March 1947
  • Sold 6 June 1947
  • Struck from the Naval Register 10 June 1947
  • Fate unknown.

    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, 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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    Commanding Officers
    01LT M. M. Rowley, USNR1945
    Courtesy Joe Radigan

    There is no DANFS history available for YMS-119
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Naval Minewarfare Association
    Association of Minemen
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