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YMS-269



Call sign:
Nan - Fox - Peter - Able
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 15 April 1942 by the Bellingham Marine Railway and Boat Building Co., Bellingham, WA
  • Launched 7 September 1942
  • Completed 23 February 1943
  • Struck from the Naval Register 10 June 1947
  • Destroyed in June 1948.

    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-269 243k c. 1943 Rick Brenden
    YMS-269 256k
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