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Grosbeak (MSC[O] 14)
ex-AMS-14
ex-YMS-317



Call sign:
November - Papa - Whiskey - Foxtrot
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • The fourth Grosbeak was laid down 30 October 1942 as YMS-317 by the South Coast Co., Newport Beach, CA
  • Launched 27 February 1943
  • Commissioned USS YMS-317, 18 November 1943
  • Named Grosbeak and reclassified as a Motor Minesweeper, AMS-14, 18 February 1947
  • Reclassified as a Coastal Minesweeper (Old), MSC(O)-14, 7 February 1955
  • Decommissioned 7 December 1955 at Green Cove Springs, FL
  • Struck from the Navy Register 1 November 1959
  • 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-317 45k AMS-14 Joe Radigan
    Commanding Officers
    01LT John B. Warner, USN18 November 1943 - ?
    04LT Cyril J. Hartman, Jr., USNR? - 1952
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    View the Grosbeak MSC[O] 14)
    DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway website
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    Naval Minewarfare Association
    Association of Minemen
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