A YMS-1-class minesweeper | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS YMS-120 |
Builder | |
Laid down | 23 August 1941 |
Launched | 4 April 1942 |
Completed | 1 August 1942 |
Reclassified | MSC(O)-45, 7 February 1955 |
Stricken | 1 November 1959 |
Fate | Unknown |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | YMS-1-classminesweeper |
Displacement | 270 tons |
Length | 136 ft (41 m) |
Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
Draft | 8 ft (2.4 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Complement | 32 |
Armament |
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