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YMS-245



Call sign:
Nan - Charlie - Yoke - Queen


YMS-245 served the Navies of the United States, South Korea and North Korea
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 20 October 1942 by the Tacoma Boat Building Co., Tacoma, WA
  • Launched 6 February 1943
  • Completed 26 July 1943
  • Struck from the Naval Register 19 June 1946
  • Transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission in April 1947
  • Transferred to South Korea in 1948 and named ROKS Gangwha (YMS 508)
  • Captured by North Korea in 1949
  • 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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    YMS-245 91k From the collection of Robert Fagan, WWII crewmember Barry Fagan
    There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-245
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