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YMS-21



Call sign:
Nan - Able - Zebra - Yoke

Sunk 1 September 1944
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 28 June 1941 by the Greenport Basin and Construction Co., Long Island, NY
  • Launched 25 November 1941
  • Completed 18 April 1942
  • Struck a mine 1 September 1944 and sank, at 43°06'N., 05°54'E., off Toulon, France
  • Struck from the Naval Register 16 September 1944.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 270 t.
  • Length 136'
  • Beam 24' 6"
  • Draft 8'
  • Speed 15 kts.
  • Complement 32
  • Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 20mm mounts, 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-21 150k Original photo: Naval History and Heritage Command photo
    Replacement photo: Underway off the Norfolk Navy Yard on 2 June 1942
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 91616    		 Original photo: Joe Radigan
    Replacement photo: Mike Green
    There is no DANFS history available for YMS-21
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