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YMS-440



Call sign:
Nan - Charlie - How - How
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 24 November 1943 by Robert Jacobs, Inc., City Island, NY
  • Launched 28 October 1944
  • Completed 29 December 1944
  • Struck from the Navy Register 28 August 1946
  • Transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission 21 October 1947 and sold
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 270 t.
  • Length 136'
  • Beam 24' 6"
  • Draft 8'
  • Speed 13 kts.
  • Complement 50
  • Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount and two 20mm mounts
  • Propulsion: Two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    YMS-440 63k From the collection of John J. Nielson Carole Nielson Grundvig
    YMS-440 314k 6 June 1946
    Subic Bay, Philippines
    Fourth from the left: LTJG James Rice, USNR, Commanding Officer
    Photo by Leonor Studios, Olongapo, Philippines    		 John Rice
    View the YMS-440 Crew Photos
    There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-440
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