Launched 5 April 1943. Completed 16 October 1943. Struck from the Naval Register 15 August 1946. Destroyed 4 March 1948. Displacement 270 t. Speed 15 kts. Propulsion: Two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.

The YMS-1 class of auxiliary motor minesweepers was established with the laying down of YMS-1 on 4 March 1941. Some were later transferred to the United Kingdom as part of the World War II Lend-Lease pact between the two nations. One ship eventually made its way into the Royal Canadian Navy postwar.

Veterans History Project Service Summary: War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945 Branch of Service: Navy Unit of Service: USS YMS-107; USS YMS-342; USS Skipper (AMC 104); Mine Warfare School Yorktown Location of Service: Atlantic Ocean; Yorktown, Virginia; Pacific Theater Highest Rank: Captain View full service history Share Embed Link: Page Link:

USS YMS - 342 Type: auxiliary motor minesweeper Class: YMS Code: YMS - 342 Keel founded: 11.1.1943 Launch: 5.4.1943 Put into service: 16.10.1943 Discarded: 15.8.1946 Shipyard: Bellingham Marine Railway and Boatbuilding Co. (Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A.) Length: 41.45m Width: 7.47m Draft: 2.44m Displacement/max .: 270/320t Crew: 33 Drive 2 x ...

Auxiliary Motor Minesweepers (YMS): It was 4 March 1941 in the Henry B. Nevins, Inc. Shipyard in City Island, NY, when the keel was laid of the first United States "Yard class Minesweeper" designed by this company and listed as YMS-1. Launched on 10 January 1942, it was completed two months later on 25 March 1942.

All US Navy Mine Craft of World War II, listed by type and class, with links to individual ships.

Veterans History Project Service Summary: War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945 Branch of Service: Navy Unit of Service: USS YMS 342 (Minesweeper); USS YMS 442 Location of Service: New York; Yorktown, Virginia; Hawaii; Philippines; Japan; Marshall Islands; Okinawa Island (Ryukyu Islands); China; Japan; Pacific Theater

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Three YMS 12000 yards ahead at 4000 yards interval ready to sweep. 1625 Three APDs passed formation on starboard hand, about 4 miles distance on opposite course.

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