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YMS-424

Call sign:
Nan - Queen - George - William

Destroyed 18 December 1945

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

Laid down 1 January 1944 by the Astoria Marine Construction Co., Astoria, OR

Launched 12 August 1944

Completed 24 November 1944

Grounded and damaged by Typhoon Louise at Okinawa 9 October 1945

Destroyed 18 December 1945

Struck from the Naval Register 3 January 1946.

Specifications:

Displacement 245 t.

Length 136'

Beam 23' 4"

Draft 8' 7"

Speed 14 kts.

Complement 60

Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 20mm mounts, two depth charge tracks and two depth charge projectors

Propulsion: Two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
YMS-424
	84k	6 July 1944 Progress photo, Astoria Marine Construction Co. (Inset, upper right) Grounded at Okinawa	Photo of Astoria Marine Construction Company inspired by William Lester Williams.
USS YMS-424
	24k	Grounded and damaged in typhoon, Okinawa 9 October 1945 (see inset). Destroyed Dec 1945.	Photo of Astoria Marine Construction Company inspired by William Lester Williams.

Commanding Officers
01	LT A. F. Tuning, USNR	1945


Courtesy Joe Radigan

There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-424

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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