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YMS-472

Call sign:
November - Quebec - Zulu - Juliet

ex-PCS-1440

YMS-472 lost in typhoon 16 September 1945

PCS-1376 Class Patrol Craft Sweeper/YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 17 September 1943 as Patrol Craft Sweeper, PSC-1440 by Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL; Reclassified as an Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper, YMS-472, 27 September 1943; Launched, 21 June 1944; Completed, 10 November 1944; Lost in typhoon Louise off Okinawa, 16 September 1945.

Specifications: Displacement 320 t.; Length 136'; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 6' 1"; Speed 13 kts; Complement 33; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm, two dct, 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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