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McMinnville (PCS 1401)
ex-YMS-452
PCS-1376 Class Patrol Craft Sweeper: Laid down as Auxillary Motor Minesweeper YMS-452 at South Coast Co., Newport Beach, CA.; Redesignated a Patrol Craft Sweeper, PCS-1401, 23 June 1944; Launched 22 July 1944; Completed 13 February 1945; Commissioned USS PCS-1401, 21 February 1945 at Newport Beach, CA.; Decommissioned 1 June 1955 at Chattanooga, TN and placed in service as a naval reserve training vessel; Named McMinnville 15 February 1956; Placed out of service, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register 1 August 1962; Sold 28 May 1963 to Marine Exploration Co., Miami, FL. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 251 t.; Length 136'; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 8' 7"; Speed 14 kts.; Complement 57; Armament one single 40mm gun mount, two 20mm gun mounts, one depth charge projector (hedgehog), two depth charge tracks; Propulsion diesel, two shafts.
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View the McMinnville (PCS 1401)
DANFS history entry located on the Naval Historical Center web site
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Patrol Craft Sailors Association
"PC Patrol Craft of World War II"
by William J. Veigele, Ph.D., USNR, Ret. PC-793
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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