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YMS-262
James M. Gillis (AGS / AGSC 13)
AMCU / MHC-13



AMCU-13 call sign:
November - Delta - Juliet - Uniform



YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper / Harkness Class Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator): Laid down, 6 September 1942 by the South Coast Shipbuilding Co., Newport Beach, CA; Launched, 24 December 1942; Completed, 11 August 1943; Commissioned as USS YMS-262, 15 September 1943; Converted to a Survey Ship and named James M. Gillis (AGS 13), 23 March 1945 at the California Shipbuilding Corp., Wilmington, CA; Reclassified as a Coastal Survey Ship AGSC-13, 29 July 1946; Decommissioned, 22 September 1950; Converted to a Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator) AMCU-13, 18 August 1951 at the New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, NY; Recommissioned, 5 September 1951; Reclassified a Coastal Minehunter and designated MHC-13, 1 February 1955; Decommissioned, 6 August 1958 at Green Cove Springs, FL; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 January 1960. Sold, 17 June 1960 to Marlene Blouse Corp. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 265 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 1,000shp General Motors diesels, two shafts.
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AGS-13/14 59k Seen here as USS John M. Gillis (AGS 13)
outboard of USS Simon Newcomb (AGS 14).
Steve Remer
James M. Gilliss 106k Seen here off the coast of Labrador, c. 1949. On her fantail is the helicopter from Tanner (AGS 15) being taken to Goose Bay for repairs.
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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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