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YMS-92



Call sign:
Nan - William - Dog - Sugar
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 21 November 1941 by the Hubbard's South Coast Co., Newport Beach, CA
  • Launched 14 May 1942
  • Completed 24 September 1942
  • Struck a mine off Okinawa 8 April 1945 and blew off her stern
  • Struck from the Naval Register 24 October 1945
  • Destroyed in October 1948.

    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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    YMS-92 271k Stern blown off of YMS-92 Naval War College
    Commanding Officers
    01LTJG C. C. Montgomery, USNR1945
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for YMS-92
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    Naval Minewarfare Association
    Association of Minemen
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