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YMS-463

Call sign:
November - Quebec - Victor - Oscar

ex-PCS-1428

YMS-463 served the Navies of the United States and South Korea.

YMS-1 Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down 6 May 1943 as a Patrol Craft Sweeper, PCS-1428 by the C. Hilterbrant Drydock Co., Kingston, NY; Reclassified as an Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper, YMS-463, 27 September 1943; Launched 21 March 1944; Completed 15 July 1944; Transferred to South Korea 10 May 1947 as Kang Nung (YMS 507); Struck from the Naval Register 23 December 1947. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 270 t.; Length 136'; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 8'; Speed 15 kts; Complement 32; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm, two dcp; Propulsion two General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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