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YMS-266

Call sign:
Nan - Fox - Nan - Able

YMS-266 served the Navies of the United States and the Soviet Union.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 16 May 1942 by the Krause and Banks Shipbuilding Co., North Bend, OR; Launched, 24 December 1942; Completed, 8 April 1943; Commissioned USS YMS-266; Transferred to the Soviet Union 17 August 1945 as T-601; Scrapped.

Specifications: Displacement 245 t.; Length 136'; Beam 23' 4"; Draft 8' 7"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 60; Armament, one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm, two dct, two dcp; Propulsion two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	82k	c. 1944 Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands Docked in AFD-13		Naval War College

There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-266.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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