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 ship to be named for the flamingo .

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, 23 November 1942; Named Flamingo and reclassified as …

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. The first 39 were followed in short order by 19 more former YMS' to make a total of 58.

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 ship to be named for the flamingo.

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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 very souls of stalwart men.

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 early 1950s, the Navy started to build new AMSs, a designation which was changed to …

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 same design - 136 feet long, with a speed of 13 knots - but the Mk.

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 U.S. Navy ship to be named for the flamingo. Flamingo was laid down as YMS238 on 11 May 1942 by Stadium Yacht Basin, Inc. of Clevelan

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 Stadium. Comments or queries, please email [email protected]. Most …