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YMS-469

Call sign:
November - Quebec - Zulu - Bravo

ex-PCS-1437

YMS-469 served the Navies of the United States and the Soviet Union.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down 30 July 1943 as a Patrol Craft Sweeper, PCS-1437 by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL; Reclassified as an Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper, YMS-469, 27 September 1943; Launched 17 March 1944; Completed 22 September 1944; Transferred to the Soviet Union 30 April 1945 as T-186; Scrapped in 1954.

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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