USS Flamingo (MSC(O)-11/AMS-11/YMS-238) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the third U.S. Navy …

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down 11 May 1942 by Stadium Yacht Basin Inc., Cleveland, OH; Launched 12 September 1942; Completed and commissioned USS YMS-238, …

On 18 February 1947, 39 Auxiliary Motor Minesweepers (YMS) were given names and redesignated AMS-1 through 39. Thus began the Motor Minesweeper (AMS) classification. …

USS Flamingo (MSC(O)-11/AMS-11/YMS-238) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the third U.S. Navy …

The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. This section includes over …

The YMS-238 looked mortally wounded, and it was there that I left her. Such is the saga of a YMS, whose crew lived and worked for nearly two years under conditions that would try the …

After the war, the Navy retained 59 Yard Minesweepers (YMS) and reclassified them as Motor Minesweepers (AMS), later changing this to MSC(O), where the O stood for Old. Then, in the …

Yard Minesweepers (YMS) In the three-year period from the spring of 1942 through the spring of 1945, 35 boatyards turned out 561 wooden-hulled minesweepers. All were of essentially the …

2024年1月11日 · USS Flamingo (MSC(O)11AMS11YMS238) was a YMS1class minesweeper of the YMS135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the third …

2024年11月5日 · Stadium Boat Works was started as Stadium Yacht Basin around 1935 and closed in 1957. The yard was at the foot of West 3rd Street, by the Cleveland Browns …