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YMS-134



Call sign:
Nan - Able - Nan - Roger
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Mine Sweeper:

  • Laid down 13 August 1941 by the Western Boat Building Co., Tacoma, WA
  • Launched 16 March 1942
  • Completed and commissioned 8 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 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-134 208k 4 July 1944
    Kodiak, Alaska
    National Archives photo    		 Tracy White
    YMS-134 99k c. July 1944
    Alongside YMS-132 at Cold Bay, Alaska    		 Naval Minewarfare
    Association
    YMS-134 130k c. August 1944
    Olson and Winge Marine Work, Seattle, WA
    Docked in the foreground are U. S. Army Air Corps rescue vessels and U. S. Navy minesweeper YMS-134
    Photo by Ray Krantz    		 Joe Radigan
    Photo added 4 March 2020
    There is no DANFS history available for YMS-134
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