USS YMS-107
 A YMS-1-class minesweeper
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | YMS-107 |
| Builder | Burger Boat Co. (Manitowoc, Wisconsin, U.S.A.) |
| Laid down | 13 May 1941 |
| Launched | 28 March 1942 |
| Commissioned | 3 Aug 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 1945 |
| Stricken | 20 March 1946 |
| Fate | Transferred to the War Assets Administration in March 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | YMS-1-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 320 tons |
| Length | 136 ft (41 m) |
| Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
| Draft | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 x 880 bhp (660 kW) General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts. |
| Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 33 officers and men |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | none |
YMS-107 was a wooden hulled yard minesweeper of the United States Navy built by the Burger Boat Co. in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Her construction was completed on 3 August 1942, and she was commissioned the same day.[1]
In September 1945, there was a collision between YMS-107 and the United States Army vessel FS-369.[2] YMS-107 was removed from the Naval Register on 20 March 1946, and was transferred to the War Assets Administration in March 1948.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "USS YMS-107 (YMS-107)". uboat.net. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ "Case Number 34669". National Archives. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
- ^ "Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, YMS-107". NavSource Online. Retrieved 30 September 2013.