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YMS-388

Call sign:
Nan - Fox - Victor - Sugar

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

Laid down 5 November 1942 by the Colberg Boat Work, Stockton, CA

Launched 10 May 1943

Completed 24 September 1943

Struck from the Naval Register 19 June 1946

Transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission 5 November 1947 and sold

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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Commanding Officers
01	LT R. E. Crowley, USNR	1945
02	LT W. S. Ayers, USNR	1945

Courtesy Joe Radigan

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-388

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