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YMS-453

Call sign:
Nan - Queen - Victor - Fox

ex-PCS-1406

YMS-453 served the Navies of the United States and the Soviet Union

PCS-1376 Class Patrol Craft Sweeper/YMS-1 Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

Laid down 20 July 1943 as Patrol Craft Sweeper, PCS-1406 by the Greenport Basin and Construction Co., Greenport, NY

Reclassified as a Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper, YMS-453, 27 September 1943

Launched 2 October 1943

Completed 27 June 1944

Transferred to the Soviet Union under lend lease 24 May 1945 and reclassified T-189

Assigned to the Black Sea Fleet 4 August 1945

Placed out of service 18 December 1954

Reclassified as a degausing ship SBR-123, 12 January 1955

Scrapped 2 June 1959.

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.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description		Source
	74k	8 July 1944		Robert Hurst

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-453

Additional Resources and Websites of Interest

Naval Minewarfare Association

Association of Minemen

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