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YMS-365



Call sign:
Nan - Charlie - Queen - Sugar

Sunk 26 June 1945
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

  • Laid down 2 December 1942 by the Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone, NY
  • Launched 26 June 1943
  • Completed 28 August 1943
  • Commissioned 30 August 1943
  • Struck a mine at Balikpapan, Borneo 26 June 1945 and was scuttled by gunfire from U.S. forces
  • Struck from the Naval Register 25 July 1945.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 270 t.
  • Length 136'
  • Beam 24' 6"
  • Draft 8'
  • Speed 13 kts.
  • Complement 50
  • Armament: One 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
  • Propulsion: Two 880bhp General Motors diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt reduction gear, two shafts.
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    YMS-365 121k Rick Bigelow
    YMS-365 5.8m The Sinking of USS YMS-365
    Commanding Officers
    01LT F. S. Murphy, USNR30 August 1943 - 24 May 1944
    02LTJG Richard L. Bigelow, Jr., USNR24 May 1944 - 29 April 1945
    03LTJG Fred C. Huff, USNR29 April 1945 - 26 June 1945
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-365
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