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YMS-87



Call sign:
Nan - Uncle - Nan - Yoke
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Mine Sweeper:

  • Laid down 18 July 1941 by the Al Larson Boat Shop, Terminal Island, CA
  • Launched 31 March 1942
  • Completed 15 August 1942
  • Struck from the Naval Register 17 April 1946
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in September 1947
  • Registered in 1948 to Russell B. Eyerly of Salem, OR as the towboat Leeruss
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 270 t.
    1948 - 251 t.
  • Length 136'
    1948 - 126'
  • Beam 24' 6"
    1948 - 25'
  • Draft 8'
    1948 - 11.3'
  • Speed 15 kts.
  • Complement 32
    1948 - Four
  • 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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    Commanding Officers
    01LTJG G. J. Hessick, USNR1945
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Built at Al Larson Boat Shop, Terminal Island, Long Beach, CA. Keel laid 18 July 1941; Launched 31 March 1942; Completed 15 August 1942. Struck from Naval Vessel Register 17 April 1946.
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