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Troll call sign (1948): King - Easy - Victor - King
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:
Laid down 27 May 1941 by the Tacoma Boat Building Co., Tacoma, WA
Launched 18 December 1941
Completed 17 July 1942 and commissioned USS YMS-129 under the command of LT John M. Wyckoff, USNR
Struck from the Naval Register 1 May 1946
Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in February 1947
Registered in 1948 to John Rabbe of Portland, OR as the fishing boat Troll
Registered in 1949 to Tidewater-Shaver Barge Lines of Portland as the fishing boat Tidewater Shaver
Registered in 1967 to the Top Quality Ocean Fish Co. of Astoria, OR as the fishing boat Kathy Jo
Registered in 1975 to Paul Erdman (aka Love Israel) as the fishing boat Abundance
Out of documentation in 1991
Fate unknown.
Specifications:
Displacement 270 t.
1948 - 252 t.
Length 136'
1948 - 126.3'
Beam 24' 6"
1948 - 25'
Draft 8'
1948 - 11.3'
Speed 15 kts.
Complement 32
1948 - 15
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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Edward C. Daly (DE 17) lies moored at Finger Bay, Adak, 3 March 1944. The motor minesweeper YMS-129 lies moored to a buoy in the background National Archives photo 80-G-221595