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YMS-222

Call sign:
Nan - Charlie - Jig - Roger

Jeanie S. call sign (1949):
King - Roger - How - George

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

Laid down 10 May 1942 by Mojean and Erickson, Tacoma, Washington

Launched 11 November 1942

Completed 24 April 1943 and commissioned USS YMS-222 the same day and assigned to the Pacific Fleet

Decommissioned 4 April 1946

Struck from the Naval Register 1 May 1946

Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in May 1947

Registered in 1948 to Bruce K. Swansey of Houston, TX as the tug boat Jeanie S. out of Wilmington, DE

Registered in 1950 to William S. Wells of Southport, NC for use as the fishing boat Jeanie S. out of Wilmington

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 270 t.

1949 - 253 t.

Length 136'

1949 - 126.3'

Beam 24' 6"

1949 - 25'

Draft 8'

1949 - 11.3'

Speed 15 kts.

Complement 32

1949 - Four

1950 - Seven

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
01	LT Vernon A. Brown, USNR	24 April 1943
02	LTJG R. S. Moorefield, USNR	1945

Courtesy Joe Radigan

There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-222

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