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YMS-339

Call sign:
Nan - Queen - King - Oboe

YMS-339 served the Navies of the United States, the Republic of China and the Peoples Republic of China

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

Laid down 8 March 1943 by the Seattle Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Seattle, WA

Launched 8 May 1943

Completed 25 September 1943

Commissioned 16 October 1943

Accidentally damaged by U.S. aircraft 24 June 1945 off Balikpapan, Borneo

Decommissioned 9 May 1946 at Subic Bay, Philippines

Transferred to Nationalist China 30 June 1948

Struck from the Naval Register 13 July 1948

Seized by Peoples Republic of China in 1949

Placed out of service in 1963

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
	101k	From the collection of QM3c Hartford Hale Holden		John Holden
	92k	c. December 1944 Leyte, Philippine Islands USS Sabik (AK 121) is in the background From the collection of QM3c Hartford Hale Holden		Navy League of the United States

Commanding Officers
01	LTJG Maurice E. Fitzgerald, USNR	- 30 November 1945
02	LTJG R. F. Quinn, USNR	30 November 1945 - December 1945
03	LTJG B. J. Hook, USNR	December 1945

Courtesy Joe Radigan

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-339

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