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YMS-11

Call sign:
Nan - Able - Queen - Item

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

Laid down 18 April 1942 by Henry B. Nevins, Inc., City Island, NY

Launched 20 July 1942

Completed 6 August 1942

Struck from the Naval Register 19 June 1946

Transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission in December 1947

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
YMS-11
	152k	20 April 1942 Cigarette case presented to Mrs. Frederic Jay Wells	Ben Mucke Replacement photo added 16 August 2021
USS YMS-11
	164k		Dennis B. McCourt
	201k	Guian, Samar, Philippines Entering Cruiser dry dock
	237k	Guian, Samar, Philippines Dry docked
	236k	Guian, Samar, Philippines Dry docked
	197k	Manus, Admiralty Islands Left to right: Willis Hamilton; LT John J. McCourt, Commanding Officer and Art Holland, Executive Officer
	220k	15 August 1945 Manus, Admiralty Islands V-J Day celebration. "Beer for All Hands"

Commanding Officers
01	LT John J. McCourt, USNR	January 1945 - December 1945

Courtesy Dennis B. McCourt

There is no DANFS history available for YMS-11

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