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YMS-37



Call sign:
Nan - Baker - Sugar - Easy



YMS-37 served the Navies of the United States and France.
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 13 October 1941 as YMS-37 by the C. Hiltebrant Dry Dock Co., Kingston, NY
  • Launched 28 January 1942
  • Completed 21 August 1942
  • Transferred to France 14 October 1944 and named Balsamine (D 316)
  • Sold to France 21 March 1949
  • Struck from the Navy Register 28 April 1949
  • Reclassified D-13 and M-653
  • Decommissioned 6 August 1960
  • Fate unknown.

    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, two depth charge projectors
  • Propulsion: Two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    YMS-37 297k 19 November 1942
    Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, SC
    Moored behind Ruby (PY 21) in Dry Dock No. 2 along with Army dredge Col. G. P. Powell (not Howell), Army QTR No. 2, Army barges No. 7, 17 and 4,
    YC-579    , and YP-429
    U.S. Navy photo 1756-42    		 Robert Hall
    There is no DANFS history available for YMS-37
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