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YMS-477

Call sign:
November - Quebec - Zulu - Uniform

ex-PCS-1453

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down 12 July 1943 as PCS-1453 by the Tacoma Boat Building Co., Tacoma, WA; Reclassified as an Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper, YMS-477, 27 September 1943; Launched, 6 November 1943; Completed, 10 July 1944; Struck from the Naval Register, 28 August 1946; Sold in April 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, two 20mm, 2 dcp; Propulsion two 880shp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, two shafts.

Size	Image Description	Source
202k	U.S. Navy photo from the March 1971 edition of All Hands magazine	Joe Radigan
42k	.	Fon Davis
145k	The crew. (Does anyone know who they are? If you do, let us know.)	Fon Davis

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-477

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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