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YMS-394

Call sign:
Nan - George - Nan - Peter

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

Laid down 3 July 1942 by the Harbor Boat Building Co., Terminal Island, CA

Launched 24 June 1943

Completed and commissioned USS YMS-394, 22 October 1943

Decommissioned 31 July 1946

Struck from the Naval Register 25 September 1946

Transferred to the War Shipping Administration 28 November 1947 and sold

Registered in 1949 to Virginia Fisheries, Inc. of Berkeley, CA as the fishing boat Commander out of San Francisco, CA

Registered in 1950 to Beaufort By-Products Co., Inc. of Beaufort, NC as the fishing boat Commander out of Beaufort

Acquired in 1954 by Mayport Fisheries, Inc. of Morehead City, NC

Scrapped in 1968.

Specifications:

Displacement 270 t.

1949 - 254 t.

Length 136'

1949 - 125.5'

Beam 24' 6"

1949 - 24.4'

Draft 8'

1949 - 11.4'

Speed 15 kts.

Complement 32

1949 - 12

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
	48k			Tommy Trampp
	58k			Tommy Trampp

Commanding Officers
01	LTJG Edward A. Grant, USNR	22 October 1943
02	LTJG R. G. Miller, USNR	1945

Courtesy Joe Radigan

There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-394

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