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YMS-78


YMS-78 served the Navies of the United States, France and South Vietnam.
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 16 May 1941 as YMS-78 by the Stadium Yacht Basin, Cleveland, OH
  • Launched, 11 December 1941
  • Completed, 17 June 1942
  • Transferred to France 5 October 1944 as Belladone (D 318)
  • Sold to France, 21 March 1949
  • Struck from the Navy Register 28 April 1949
  • Reclassified D-18 and M-658
  • Decommissioned 11 February 1954 and transferred to South Vietnam as Bach Dang (HQ 113)
  • Scrapped in 1963.

    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.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    YMS-78
    YMS-78 71k Under construction with YMS-76 alongside. Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
    Belladone (D 318)
    YMS-78 99k c. 1948 Robert Hurst
    YMS-78 92k c. 1948 Robert Hurst
    Belladone (D 18)
    YMS-78 96k c. 1952 Robert Hurst
    Belladone (M 658)
    YMS-83 104k 11 February 1954
    Haiphong, Vietnam
    Outboard of Digitale (M 655), ex-YMS-83 preparing to lower her colors before turnover to South Vietnamese Navy
    Photo by Yves Chaput    		 Georges Demichelis
    Bach Dang (HQ 113)
    YMS-83 86k 11 February 1954
    Haiphong, Vietnam
    Raising the South Vietnamese flag after turnover from France
    Photo by Yves Chaput    		 Georges Demichelis
    YMS-78 50k c. 1960
    South Vietnamese Navy photo from Jane's Fighting Ships    		 Robert Hurst
    There is no DANFS history available for YMS-78
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