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YMS-19


YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Mine Sweeper: Laid down, 1941 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, CT; Launched, 1942; Commissioned USS YMS-19, (date unknown); Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sunk, 24 September 1944 off Palau in the South Pacific by a Japanese mine.

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-19 20k Launching, 27 December 1941. .
YMS-19 12k 17 June 1942. .
YMS-19 97k Photo taken at Naval Base in Puerto Rico,
c. late 1943 or early 1944.
Matthew Lombardi,
PO 2/c, USN, Ret.

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-19 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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