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YMS-460

Call sign:
Nan - Queen - Yankee - Nan

ex-PCS-1415

YMS-460 served the Navies of the United States and the Soviet Union

PCS-1356 Class Patrol Craft Sweeper/YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

Laid down 8 June 1943 as a Patrol Craft Sweeper, PCS-1415 by the Stadium Yacht Basin Inc., Cleveland, OH

Reclassified as an Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper, YMS-460, 27 September 1943

Launched 4 December 1943

Completed 27 May 1944

Transferred to the Soviet Union 5 April 1945 and reclassified T-183

Assigned to the Northern Pacific Fleet 28 June 1945

Placed out of service 30 December 1955 and used as an experimental vessel

Reclassified OS-8, 27 December 1956

Scrapped 16 October 1957.

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
	249k	11 August 1944 Off the coast of Massachusetts National Archives photo 80-G-244861		Tracy White

There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-460

Additional Resources and Websites of Interest

Naval Minewarfare Association

Association of Minemen

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