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YMS-198

Call sign:
Nan - Zebra - Nan - Oboe

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

Laid down 6 May 1942 by the Hiltebrant Dock Co., Kingston, NY

Launched 7 September 1942

Completed 29 May 1943

Commissioned USS YMS-198, 31 May 1943 under the command of LT Blake H. Beatty, Jr., USNR and assigned to the Atlantic Fleet

Decommissioned 30 April 1946

Struck from the Naval Register 15 August 1946

Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in June 1947

Sold in 1967 to Maxie, Inc. of Newfield, NJ for use as a fishing boat and named Maxie

Sold in 1968 to Tropical Inport Export, Inc. of Miami, FL and renamed Taurus

Operated in 1974 under the Panamanian flag

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.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description		Source
	196k	c. March 1946 Terminal Island, CA YMS-53 moored inboard of YMS-198 with YMS-177 astern Photo from the collection of LTJG Jack W. Norris, XO, YMS-56		Paul Norris

There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-198

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest

Naval Minewarfare Association

Association of Minemen

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