USS YMS-61
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | USS YMS-61 |
| Commissioned | 23 June 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 19 June 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
| 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 |
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USS YMS-61 was a United States Navy Template:Sclass- 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.
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