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YMS-126



Call sign:
Nan - Baker - Love - Item
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 3 July 1941 by the J. H. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, WA
  • Launched 3 March 1942
  • Completed 11 September 1942
  • Struck from the Naval Register 17 April 1946
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in January 1947
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 270 t.
  • Length 136'
  • Beam 24' 6"
  • Draft 6' 1"
  • Speed 13 kts.
  • Complement 33
  • 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.
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    YMS-126 330k Under construction Ed Zajkowski
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