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YMS-129

Call sign:
Nan - Baker - Oboe - Item

Troll call sign (1948):
King - Easy - Victor - King
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 27 May 1941 by the Tacoma Boat Building Co., Tacoma, WA
  • Launched 18 December 1941
  • Completed 17 July 1942 and commissioned USS YMS-129 under the command of LT John M. Wyckoff, USNR
  • Struck from the Naval Register 1 May 1946
  • Transferred to the War Shipping Administration in February 1947
  • Registered in 1948 to John Rabbe of Portland, OR as the fishing boat Troll
  • Registered in 1949 to Tidewater-Shaver Barge Lines of Portland as the fishing boat Tidewater Shaver
  • Registered in 1967 to the Top Quality Ocean Fish Co. of Astoria, OR as the fishing boat Kathy Jo
  • Registered in 1975 to Paul Erdman (aka Love Israel) as the fishing boat Abundance
  • Out of documentation in 1991
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 270 t.
    1948 - 252 t.
  • Length 136'
    1948 - 126.3'
  • Beam 24' 6"
    1948 - 25'
  • Draft 8'
    1948 - 11.3'
  • Speed 15 kts.
  • Complement 32
    1948 - 15
  • 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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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    YMS
    111912500    		 NR Plenty of Rain and Ritual At Minesweeper Launchings
    Festive Spirit Is Undampened as Four Naval Vessels Are Christened.
    Traditional launching rites were conducted in the grand manner as (YMS-133), (YMS-125),(YMS-129) & (YMS-130) were given to the waters of Puget Sound at half hour intervals.    		 Image and text provided by Washington State Library; Olympia, WA.
    Photo from the The Tacoma Times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 20 December 1941, Image 9, courtesy of chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
    YMS-129 166k Edward C. Daly (DE 17) lies moored at Finger Bay, Adak, 3 March 1944. The motor minesweeper YMS-129 lies moored to a buoy in the background
    National Archives photo 80-G-221595    		 Naval History and Heritage Command
    There is no DANFS history available for YMS-129
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