YMS-1 Class Minesweeper
USS YMS-324 in San Francisco Bay, c. 1945–46 |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | YMS-1 |
| Builders: | 35 yacht builders |
| Operators: | United States Navy Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy |
| Subclasses: | YMS-136, YMS-446 |
| In commission: | about March 1942 - 13 December 1957 |
| Completed: | 481 |
| Cancelled: | YMS-482 – YMS-500 |
| Active: | 0 |
| Lost: | 32 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 270 tons |
| Length: | 136 ft (41 m) |
| Beam: | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × 880 bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 32 |
| Armament: | 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun mount 2 × 20 mm guns 2 × depth charge projectors |
The YMS-1 class of auxiliary motor minesweepers was established with the laying down of YMS-1 on 4 March 1941.
Characteristics of the class: 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 1,000shp General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
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