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YMS-447

Call sign:
Nan - Charlie - Tare - Uncle

ex-PCS-1394

YMS-447 served the Navies of the United States and the Soviet Union

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper:

Laid down 17 June 1943 by Robert Jacob, Inc., City Island, NY as Patrol Craft Sweeper, PCS-1394

Reclassified as an Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper, YMS-447, 27 September 1943

Launched 18 March 1944

Completed and commissioned USS YMS-447, 28 June 1944

Transferred to the Soviet Union 27 March 1945 and reclassified T-181

Assigned to the Baltic Fleet 28 June 1945

Placed out of service 30 December 1955

Reclassified as an experimental vessel OS-7, 27 December 1956 and transferred to the Northern Fleet

Scrapped 16 October 1957.

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
	165k	YMS-447 Courtesy of the City Island Nautical Museum		Tom Nye

There is no DANFS History currently available for YMS-447

Additional Resources and Websites of Interest

Naval Minewarfare Association

Association of Minemen

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