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YMS-186


YMS-186 served the Navies of the United States, the United Kingdom and Greece.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Mine Sweeper: Laid down, 1942 by the Greenport Basin and Construction Co., Long Island, NY; Launched, August 1942; Commissioned USS YMS-186, (date unknown); Transferred to the Royal Navy, 1944 and redesignated BYMS-2186; Transferred to Greece, 1945; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). Fate unknown.

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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There is no DANFS history available for YMS-186 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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