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