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YMS-314



Call sign:
Nan - Peter - Sugar - George
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 6 June 1942 by the Harbor Boat Building Co., Terminal Island, CA
  • Launched 17 March 1943
  • Completed 15 July 1943
  • Damaged by mine 30 June 1945 in the Balikpapan area, Borneo at 01° 18' S, 116° 51' E
  • Decommissioned in June 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register 10 June 1947
  • Destroyed in June 1948.

    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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    YMS-314 78k Manicani Island, Philippines James V. Nardo
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