The YMS 105 completed the trials, without flaw on September 1st. A United States Navy operational command, The Eastern Sea Frontier consisted of the patrol of coastal waters from …

YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down 13 May 1941 by Frank L. Sample, Jr., Boothbay Harbor, ME; Launched 10 March 1942; Completed 17 July 1942; Struck from the …

494 Minesweepers (634 names) of the YMS class. 40 of them were lost. See all Minesweeper classes. The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One …

The U-boat War in World War Two (Kriegsmarine, 1939-1945) and World War One (Kaiserliche Marine, 1914-1918) and the Allied efforts to counter the threat. This section includes over …

Records show that YMS' were used in the United States Navy to sweep mines laid by enemy subs as early as 1942 off the ports of Jacksonville, FL and Charleston, SC. One of their …

Yard Minesweepers (YMS) In the three-year period from the spring of 1942 through the spring of 1945, 35 boatyards turned out 561 wooden-hulled minesweepers. All were of essentially the …

Among the most remarkable wrecks in Lake Union is the Gypsy Queen, a fully-intact wooden minesweeper from World War II. Built in 1941, measuring 136 feet in length, she was originally …

2014年7月28日 · Frank Sample's shipyard was originally established in 1840, by Cyrus McKown. It later became the Townsend Marine Railway and, in 1917, the Atlantic Coast Company. …

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 …

In the three-year period from the spring of 1942 through the spring of 1945, 35 boatyards turned out 561 wooden-hulled minesweepers. All were of essentially the same design - 136 feet long, …