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YMS-466

Call sign:
Nan - Queen - Yoke - Victor

ex-PCS-1434

YMS-466 served the Navies of the United States and the Soviet Union

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

Laid down 24 June 1943 as a Patrol Craft Sweeper, PCS-1434 by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL

Reclassified as an Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper, YMS-466, 27 September 1943

Launched 22 January 1944

Completed 4 July 1944

Transferred to the Soviet Union 31 May 1945 and reclassified T-192

Assigned to the Black Sea Fleet 4 August 1945

Placed out of service 13 December 1958 and reclassified as a degaussing ship, SBR-180

Scrapped 17 November 1959.

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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Additional Resources and Websites of Interest

102 Minesweepers (MSO) Oceangoing Minesweepers

Naval Minewarfare Association

Association of Minemen

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