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YMS-347



Call sign:
Nan - Queen - Peter - George
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 1 September 1942 by Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL
  • Launched 7 January 1943
  • Completed 24 August 1943
  • Struck from the Naval Register 19 June 1946
  • Sold 14 February 1948
  • 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-347 245k . Tony Mireles
    YMS-347 254k Taking on fuel. Tony Mireles
    YMS-347 226k Taking on fuel. Tony Mireles
    There is no DANFS history available for YMS-347
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