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YMS-143



Call sign:
Nan - Xray - Able - Mike


YMS-143 served the Navies of the United States and the Soviet Union.
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 20 April 1942 by the San Diego Marine Construction Co., San Diego, CA
  • Launched 30 June 1942
  • Completed 16 February 1943
  • Commissioned USS YMS-143
  • Transferred to the Soviet Union 17 May 1945 under Project Hula and reclassified T-522
  • Assigned to the Pacific Fleet 5 June 1945
  • Took part in the Soviet conquest between 11 - 25 August 1945 of the Japanese province of Karafuto on southern Sakhalin Island
  • Placed out of service 15 April 1955 and laid up
  • Struck from the Soviet Navy list 11 July 1956 and scrapped.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 270 t.
  • Length 136'
  • Beam 24' 6"
  • Draft 8' 7"
  • Speed 14.1 kts.
  • Complement 57
  • Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, one 20mm gun mount, four depth charge projectors, one depth charge projector (hedgehog), and two depth charge tracks
  • Propulsion: Two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    YMS-143 96k c. February 1943
    National Archives photo    		 Joe Radigan
    Commanding Officers
    01LT R. S. Wagner, USNR1945
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for YMS-143
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