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YMS-338



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

  • Laid down 1 January 1943 by the Seattle Ship Building and Dry Dock Co., Seattle, WA
  • Launched 20 March 1943
  • Completed 12 August 1943
  • Struck from the Naval Register 19 June 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 15 kts.
  • Complement 32
  • Armament: One single 3"/50 dual purpose 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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    YMS-338
    YMS-338 146k 20 March 1943
    Tallow on the ways, congealed by the cold, slightly delayed the launching of the YMS-338 and a winch and block and tackle gear was necessary to start the minesweeper. Fred Bianco, president of the shipbuilding corporation; Robert Scobie, vice president; R. B. Bivins, general manager and William Larsen, superintendent attended the launching    		 Tommy Trampp
    USS YMS-338
    YMS-338 67k . Joseph Joyal
    YMS-338 187k Sweeping Manila Harbor, Philippines Dennis B. McCourt
    YMS-53 184k 28 December 1945
    Shanghai, China
    YMS-338, YMS-6, YMS-8, YMS-53 and YMS-51 were just a portion of the mine sweeping force tied-up along the Huangpu River
    Photo from the collection of LTJG Jack W. Norris, XO, YMS-56    		 Paul Norris
    There is no DANFS history available for YMS-338
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    Association of Minemen
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