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HMS BYMS-2258
ex-HMS J-1058
ex-YMS-258



Call sign:
Nan - Dog - How - Baker


BYMS-2258 served the Navies of Great Britain and South Korea.
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 31 October 1942 as YMS-258 by the Weaver Shipyard, Orange, TX
  • Launched 28 October 1943
  • Completed 8 February 1944, transferred to Great Britain and reclassified HMS J-1058
  • Reclassified HMS BYMS-2258
  • Returned to U.S. custody 29 August 1947 and transferred to an unknown Government Agency
  • Struck from the Naval Register 23 December 1947
  • Transferred to South Korea in 1948 and named ROKS Kim Chon (YMS 513)
  • Scrapped in 1968.

    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-258 42k 7 June 1944
    Weaver Shipyards, Orange, TX
    Courtesy of Dr. Howard C. Williams
    Texana and Orange County Historian    		 Curry Garvin
    There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-258
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