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YMS-138



Call sign:
Nan - William - Uncle - Charlie


YMS-138 served the Navies of the United States and Thailand.
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 29 August 1942 by the Astoria Marine Construction Co., Astoria, OR
  • Launched 17 April 1943
  • Completed 7 June 1943
  • Commissioned USS YMS-138, 19 June 1943
  • Struck from the Navy Register 19 June 1946
  • Transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission in November 1947, sold to Thailand and named HTMS Ladya
  • 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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    USS YMS-138
    YMS-138 62k c. 1944 Thomas J. Donahue via Bill Head
    HTMS Ladya
    YMS-138 42k Royal Thai Navy photo Robert Hurst
    There is no DANFS history available for YMS-138
    "Victory Sweep"
    Our Navy magazine article about YMS-138
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    Association of Minemen
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