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YMS-147

Call sign:
Nan - Xray - Fox - Xray

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

Laid down 11 May 1942 by the Western Boat Building Co., Tacoma, WA

Launched 24 October 1942

Completed 26 February 1943

Commissioned USS YMS-147, 27 February 1943

Assigned to the Pacific

Decommissioned 15 May 1946

Struck from the Naval Register 7 February 1947

Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in February 1948

Acquired in 1948 by Harvey R. MacMillan of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and named Marijean

Registered in 1950 to the Phillips Petroleum Co. of Houston, TX as the oil exploration vessel Phillips 1 out of Houston

Out of documentation in 1954 and issued Coast Guard license 22I.479 for use solely in geophysical exploration

Registered in 1960 to Triple C Offshore, Inc. of Morgan City, LA as the fishing boat Susie C out of Morgan City

Scrapped in 1969.

Specifications:

Displacement 270 t.

1950 - 253 t.

1960 - 251 t.

Length 136'

120.3'

1960 - 126.3'

Beam 24' 6"

1950 - 25'

Draft 8'

1950 - 11.3'

Speed 15 kts.

Complement 32

1950 - Seven

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.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description		Source
	146k	Marijean		Joe Radigan

Commanding Officers
01	LTJG George C. Williams, USNR	27 February 1943
02	LTJG J. M. Prokop, USNR	1945

Courtesy Joe Radigan

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-147

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