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YMS-304



Call sign:
Nan - Peter - Jig - Nan

Sunk 30 July 1944
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 15 June 1942 by Rice Brothers Corp., East Boothbay, ME
  • Launched, 10 August 1943
  • Completed and commissioned 1 October 1943
  • Sunk by a mine 30 July 1944 off the coast of Normandy at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, France. She sank in 63 seconds with a loss of eight dead and 30 injured
  • Struck from the Navy list 22 August 1944.

    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 projectiles
  • Propulsion: Two 1,000bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    D-Day Map 508k Location of sinking, 30 July 1944. (49°33'N., 01°14'W.)
    Illustration from the June 2002 edition of National Geographic    		 Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS history available for YMS-304
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