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YMS-473

Call sign:
November - Quebec - Zulu - Lima

ex-PCS-1443

YMS-473 served the Navies of the United States and South Korea.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down 10 May 1943 as a Patrol Craft Sweeper, PCS-1443 by the Harbor Boatbuilding Co., Terminal Island, CA; Reclassified as an Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper, YMS-473, 27 September 1943; Launched 22 April 1944; Completed 22 August 1944; Struck from the Naval Register 19 June 1946; Sold to South Korea 24 July 1947. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 320 t.; Length 136'; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 6' 1"; Speed 12 kts; Complement 33; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount and two 20mm; 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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