USS YMS-61
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| History |
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| Name: |
USS YMS-61 |
| Commissioned: |
23 June 1942 |
| Decommissioned: |
19 June 1946 |
| General characteristics |
| Class and 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: |
32 |
| Armament: |
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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.
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