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YMS-131



Call sign:
Nan - Able - How - Item
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 12 July 1941 by the Tacoma Boat Building Co., Tacoma, WA
  • Launched 4 March 1942
  • Completed 1 October 1942
  • Struck from the Naval Register 17 April 1946
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in February 1947
  • 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, 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
    111912500    		 NR Plenty of Rain and Ritual At Minesweeper Launchings
    Festive Spirit Is Undampened as Four Naval Vessels Are Christened.
    Traditional launching rites were conducted in the grand manner as (YMS-133), (YMS-125),(YMS-129) the and & (YMS-130) were given to the waters of Puget Sound at haif hour intervals.    		 Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA.
    Photo from the The Tacoma Times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 20 December 1941, Image 9, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
    There is no DANFS history available for YMS-131
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    Association of Minemen
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