USS YMS-61

Last updated
Yms324.png
A YMS-1-class minesweeper
History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameUSS YMS-61
Commissioned23 June 1942
Decommissioned19 June 1946
General characteristics
Class and type YMS-1-class minesweeper
Displacement320 long tons (325 t)
Length136 ft (41 m)
Beam24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Propulsion2 × General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement32
Armament

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 Netherlands Antilles. She was struck from the Naval Registry on 19 June 1946.

Citations

  1. "YMS-61" . Retrieved 8 November 2013.

Related Research Articles

USS <i>Cofer</i> (DE-208) Buckley-class destroyer escort

USS Cofer (DE-208/APD-62) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was scrapped in 1968.

USS <i>Bunting</i> (AMS-3) Minesweeper of the United States Navy

USS Bunting (YMS-170/AMS-3/MHC-45) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass in the United States Navy during World War II.

USS <i>Robin</i> (AMS-53) U.S. Navy vessel

USS Robin was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II.

USS <i>Turkey</i> (AMS-56) Minesweeper of the United States Navy

USS Turkey (AMS-56/YMS-444) was a YMS-135 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers built for the United States Navy during World War II.

USS <i>Lark</i> (AMS-23) Minesweeper of the United States Navy

USS Lark was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II.

USS <i>Brant</i> (AMS-43) Minesweeper of the United States Navy

USS Brant was a YMS-1-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II.

USS <i>Sanderling</i> (AMCU-49) Minesweeper of the United States Navy

USS Sanderling (AMS-35/AMCU-49/MHC-49/YMS-446/PCS-1393) was the lead ship of her subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers built for the United States Navy during World War II.

USS Flamingo 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.

<i>YMS-1</i>-class minesweeper

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.

USS <i>Waxbill</i> (MHC-50) Minesweeper of the United States Navy

USS Waxbill (MHC-50/AMCU-50/AMS-39/YMS-479/PCS-1456) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-446 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines placed in the water to prevent ships from passing.

USS <i>Curlew</i> (AMS-8) Minesweeper of the United States Navy

USS Curlew was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the fourth U.S. Navy ship to be named for the curlew.

USS <i>Parrakeet</i> (AMS-30) Minesweeper of the United States Navy

USS YMS-434 was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. Shortly before decommissioning, she was renamed and redesignated Parrakeet (AMS-30), becoming the second U.S. Navy ship to be named for the parakeet using a variant spelling.

USS <i>Brambling</i> (AMS-42) Minesweeper of the United States Navy

USS Brambling (AMS-42/YMS-109) was a YMS-1-class auxiliary motor minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines from water that had been placed there to prevent ships from passing.

USS <i>Ostrich</i> (AMS-29) Minesweeper of the United States Navy

USS Ostrich 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 ostrich.

USS <i>Barbet</i> (AMS-41) Minesweeper of the United States Navy

USS Barbet (AMS-41/YMS-45) was a YMS-1-class auxiliary motor minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent ships from passing.

USS <i>James M. Gilliss</i> (AMCU-13) Minesweeper of the United States Navy

USS James M. Gilliss (AMCU-13/YMS-262) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass named after James Melville Gilliss, a US naval officer credited with establishing the US Naval Observatory.

USS <i>Rhea</i> (AMS-52) Minesweeper of the United States Navy

USS Rhea (AMS-52/YMS-299) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent ships from passing.

USS <i>Hummer</i> (AMS-20) Minesweeper of the United States Navy

USS Hummer (AMS-20/YMS-372) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent ships from passing.

USS YMS-386 was a U.S. Navy World War II Type 1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper. On 6 October 1942 her hull was laid down at the Colberg Boat Works of Stockton, California. During World War II, the Colberg Boat Works, constructed a number of vessels under contract with the U.S. Navy. She was launched on 23 March 1943 and commissioned on 23 July.