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HM BYMS-2181
ex-HM J-981
ex-YMS-181


BYMS-2181 served only in the British Navy
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 21 January 1943 as YMS-181 by Henry C. Grebe and Co., Chicago, IL
  • Launched 24 June 1943
  • Completed 12 September 1943
  • Transferred to England 24 September 1943 and reclassified HM J-981
  • Reclassified HM BYMS-2181
  • Returned to U. S. custody 3 September 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register 13 December 1946
  • Transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission in October 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-181 333k YMS-181 is christened by Miss Joyce, during launching ceremonies at the Henry C. Grebe & Co. Shipyard, Chicago, Illinois, 24 June 1943
    National Archives photo 19-N-47138    		 Naval History and Heritage Command
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