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YMS-427

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

  • Laid down 4 November 1943 by Mojean and Erickson, Tacoma, WA
  • Launched 25 March 1944
  • Completed 28 November 1944 and commissioned
  • Assigned to the 1st Fleet in March 1945 serving in the assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto from 24 March - 30 June 1945. From 9 September - 26 October 1945 she served in the Nagoya (Honshu
    Area) and Sasebo (Kyushu-Korea Area). During the period of 27 October 1945 through 26 February 1946 she served in the Kure-Hiroshima (Honshu Area)
  • Damaged by shore battery 7 April 1945 off Okinawa
  • Placed in deferred disposal status in August 1946
  • Decommissioned 12 November 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register 25 February 1947
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration 9 December 1947 and sold to the American Tug Boat Co. of Nordland, WA
  • 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.
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    YMS-427 100k c. 1945
    Sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge upon her return from Japan    		 George Desharnais
    Commanding Officers
    01LTJG G. L. Denton, Jr., USNR1945
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
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