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YMS-82



Call sign: November - Uniform - Golf - Alpha



YMS-82 served the Navies of the United States and France.

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Mine Sweeper: Laid down, 24 October 1941 at the Stadium Yacht Basin, Cleveland, OH; Launched, 13 June 1942; Completed, 10 August 1942; Transferred to France, 5 October 1944 as Dahlia (D 325); Sold to France, 21 March 1949; Struck from the Naval Register, 28 April 1949; Reclassified D-05 and M-645, (dates unknown); Dahlia decommissioned, 29 January 1959; Sold, (date unknown) to a building materials retailer in Martinique, French West Indies and renamed Gouyer; Caught fire from a workers blowtorch and sank in 30 meters of water at Saint Pierre, Martinique, French West Indies.

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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YMS-82 13k Dahlia (D 325) ex-YMS-82 .

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-82 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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