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YMS-53


YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Mine Sweeper: Laid down, 25 August 1941 by the Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Brooklyn, NY; Launched, 24 July 1942; Commissioned USS YMS-53, 31 August 1942; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, 3 July 1946. Fate unknown.

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, 500 hp.
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YMS-53 115k Photo of YMS-53 that GM1/c Joseph B. Paul carried in his wallet for 56+ years. Michael Paul

View the YMS-53 Crew Photos
There is no DANFS history available for YMS-53 at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
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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