Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive

YMS-448



Call sign:
Nan - Charlie - Sugar - Sugar

ex-PCS-1395


YMS-448 served the Navies of the United States and the Soviet Union
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 22 June 1943 by Robert Jacob, Inc., City Island, NY as a Patrol Craft Sweeper, PCS-1395
  • Reclassified as an Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper, YMS-448, 27 September 1943
  • Launched 27 March 1944
  • Completed 25 July 1944
  • Transferred to the Soviet Union 24 April 1945 and reclassified T-185
  • Assigned to the Northern Fleet 28 June 1945
  • Placed out of service 12 March 1955
  • Reclassified as a diving boat VM-77, 15 April 1955
  • Scrapped 19 April 1958.

    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-448
    YMS-448 93k Launching of YMS-448, 27 March 1944.
    Courtesy of the City Island Nautical Museum    		 Tom Nye
    T-185
    YMS-448
    111944802    		 115k Underway as T-185 off Libava naval base (Liepaja, Latvia), January-September 1949. Igor Soudakevitch
    YMS-448
    111944803    		 123k Crew of T-185 at Libava naval base (Liepaja, Latvia), January-September 1949. Igor Soudakevitch
    There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-448
    Back to The Main Photo Index Back To the Patrol Craft/Gunboat/Submarine Chaser Ship Type Index Back To The Patrol Craft Sweeper (PCS) Photo Index Back To the Mine Warfare Ship Photo Index Back To The Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper (YMS) Photo Index
    Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster
    This page created and maintained by Joseph M. Radigan (of blessed memory) & David Wright
    All pages copyright NavSource Naval History
    Last Updated 30 January 2025