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YMS-265

Call sign:
Nan - Fox - King - Uncle

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

Laid down 4 May 1942 by the Krause and Banks Shipbuilding Co., North Bend, OR

Launched 25 November 1942

Completed 6 March 1943

Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in May 1947

Struck from the Naval Register 10 June 1947

Acquired in 1949 by William C. Gibson of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and named Tahsis Chief No. 2

Acquired in 1951 by W. F. Gibson of Vancouver and renamed W. F. Gibson

Acquired in 1958 by William C. Gibson of Vancouver

Acquired in 1961 by J. H. Todd and Sons, Ltd. of Vancouver

Renamed Marjorie Todd in 1963

Acquired in 1967 by Toddaire Services, Ltd. of Vancouver

Acquired in 1968 by British Columbia Packers, Ltd. of Richmond, British Columbia

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
	130k	Marijorie Todd		Joe Radigan

Commanding Officers
01	LT R. L. Lentz, Jr., USNR	1945

Courtesy Joe Radigan

There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-265

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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