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HMS BYMS-2039
ex-HMS J-839
ex-BYMS-39



BYMS-39 was built for Great Britain
BYMS-1 Class Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 27 May 1942 as BYMS-39 by the Barbour Boat Works, New Bern, NC
  • Launched 14 October 1942
  • Completed 14 June 1943
  • Transferred to Great Britain 16 June 1943 and reclassified J-839
  • Reclassified BYMS-2039
  • Returned to U.S. custody 12 May 1948 and transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission
  • Sold 14 May 1948.
  • 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 General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    BYMS-2039 95k BYMS-2039 (ex-BYMS-39), tied-up outboard of BYMS-2044 (ex-BYMS-44), with BYMS-2279 (ex-YMS-279) tied-up outboard of an unidentied BYMS aft. All are awaiting disposal
    Photo from "Minesweeper: The Role of the Motor Minesweeper in World War II" by Michael J. Melvin, BEM    		 Robert Hurst
    There is no DANFS history available for BYMS-2039
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