| USS YMS-61 | |
|---|---|
| Career |  |
| Name: | USS YMS-61 |
| Commissioned: | 23 June 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 19 June 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | YMS-1-class minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 320 long tons (325 t) |
| Length: | 136 ft (41 m) |
| Beam: | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
| Draft: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × General Motors diesel engines, two shafts. |
| Speed: | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement: | 33 |
| Armament: |
• 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun • 2 × 20 mm guns • 2 × Depth charge tracks • 2 × Depth charge projectors |
USS YMS-61 was a United States Navy YMS-1-class auxiliary motor minesweeper during World War II. She was laid down 23 September 1941 by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co. She was commissioned on 23 June 1942.[1] Assigned to the Caribbean she operated in the former Netherland Antilles. She was struck from the Naval Registry on 19 June 1946.
Citations[]
- ↑ "YMS-61". http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/19061.htm. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
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