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YMS-439

Call sign:
Nan - Charlie - Fox - George

La Cienta call sign (1948):
King - Queen - Love - Oboe
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 21 October 1943 by Robert Jacob Inc., City Island, NY
  • Launched 14 July 1944
  • Completed 18 November 1944
  • Commissioned USS YMS-439, 20 NOvember 1944 under the command of LTJG Thomas B. Rhodes, Jr., USNR
  • Decommissioned 1 May 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register 19 July 1946
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration 17 March 1947
  • Registered in 1948 to the Macco Corporation of Clearwater, CA as the miscellaneous vessel La Cienta out of Los Angeles, CA
  • Registered in 1956 to the Richfield Oil Corp. of Los Angeles as the miscellaneous vessel La Cienta out of Los Angeles
  • Acquired in 1970 by Global Marine, Inc. of Los Angeles
  • Acquired in 1971 by Arthur B. Church of Bellevue, WA
  • Acquired in 1987 by Imperial Imports, Inc. and renamed Pegasus
  • Acquired in 1992 by Craig L. Belshe of Lynnwood, WA
  • Renamed Manta Ray 10 November 1992
  • Acquired in 2002 by Bennie E. Nelson and Scott M. Edson
  • Defaulted on moorage fees in 2003 and sold the ship to their creditors, the Bakketun and Thomas Boat Co., LLC of Seattle, WA
  • Acquired by Joe Moeller of Seattle for use as a yacht and renamed YMS-439
  • Acquired on 21 June 2010 by Michael D. Robinson of North Bend, WA
  • Purchased in November 2011 by David L. Saia of Stanwood, WA
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 270 t.
    1948 - 250 t.
  • Length 136'
    1948 - 126.5'
  • Beam 24' 6"
  • Draft 8'
    1948 - 11.5'
  • Speed 15 kts.
  • Complement 32
    1948 - Six
  • 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-439 100 Johnny Moeller
    YMS-439 137
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