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YMS-468

Call sign:
November - Quebec - Yankee - Zulu

ex-PCS-1436

YMS-468 served the Navies of the United States and Turkey.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down 12 June 1943 as a Patrol Craft Sweeper, PCS-1436 by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL; Reclassified as an Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper, YMS-468, 27 September 1943; Launched 23 March 1944; Completed 31 August 1944; Struck from the Naval list 19 February 1948; Transferred to Turkey 10 May 1948 as Kusadashi (M 514). 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

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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