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YMS-328



Call sign:
Nan - Queen - Dog - Jig
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 6 July 1942 by the Ballard Marine Railway Co., Seattle, WA
  • Launched 19 December 1942
  • Completed 26 May 1943
  • Commissioned USS YMS-328
  • Decommissioned 29 October 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register 29 October 1946
  • Sold 26 January 1948 to Hal Jones of Seattle, WA
  • Sold to Max Wyman in 1965
  • Sold again in 1965 to John Wayne and named Wild Goose
  • Upon John Wayne's death in 1979 the Wild Goose was sold again and as of 2003 is still in operation as a cruise yacht.

    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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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Wild Goose 38k Wild Goose .
    YMS-328 87k Photo from "Minesweeper: The Role of the Motor Minesweeper in World War II" by Michael J. Melvin, BEM Robert Hurst
    There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-328.
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