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YMS-292

Call sign:
Nan - George - William - Fox

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down 3 March 1943 by the Associated Shipbuilders, Seattle, WA; Launched 8 June 1943; Completed and delivered 9 October 1943; Commissioned USS YMS-292; Struck from the Navy Register 7 February 1947; Transferred 4 December 1947 to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at San Diego, CA and named R/V Crest; Returned to U.S. Navy custody in May 1956. 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, two dcp; Propulsion two 800bhp 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
	88k	c. 1949 La Jolla, CA R/V Horizon, ex-ATA-180; R/V Paolina-T and Crest		Scripps Web Site

There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-292

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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