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U S NAVY 4th FLEET AT RECIFE - SHIP INDEX YCK YF YFD YHB YMS YO YR YT YTB

9)YMS 76 AUX MINESWEEPER



Above, YMS 76 under construction sided by YMS 78. Photo. www.navsource.org By Historical Collection of the Great Lakes.


YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:


Laid down, 25 April 1941 by the Stadium Yacht Basin, Cleveland, OH


Launched, 8 November 1941


Completed, 4 June 1942


Decommissioned, (date unknown)


Struck from the Naval Register, 1 May 1946. Fate unknown.


Specifications:


Displacement 270 t


Length 136'Beam 24' 6"


Draft 8'


Speed 15 kts


Complement 32


Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm, two dcp


Propulsion two General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.


YMS 76 served at Recife under Adm. Ingram's Fourth Fleet


 

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