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YMS-266


YMS-266 served the Navies of the United States and the Soviet Union.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down, 16 May 1942 by the Krause and Banks Shipbuilding Co., North Bend, OR; Launched, 24 December 1942; Completed, 8 April 1943; Commissioned, (date unknown); Decommissioned, (date unknown); Transferred to the Soviet Union, 17 August 1945; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown).
Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 245 t.; Length 136'; Beam 23' 4"; Draft 8' 7"; Speed 14 kts; Complement 60; Armament, one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm, two dct, two dcp; Propulsion, two 1,000 bhp General Motors diesels, two shafts.
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YMS-266/ARD-13 82k YMS-266 docked in ARD-13, Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands, c. 1944. Naval War College

There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-266 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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