USS YMS-477 was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-446 subclass built for the United States Navy during World War II. Originally ordered and laid down as USS PCS-1453 on 12 July 1943 by the Tacoma Boatbuilding Company of Tacoma, Washington, planned as a PCS-1376-class minesweeper, the vessel was re-designated YMS-477 of the YMS-1 class on 27 September 1943. The vessel was launched on 6 November and completed four days later. USS YMS-477 was commissioned soon after under the command of Lieutenant (junior grade) Russell V. Malo, USNR.
A YMS-446 class minesweeper
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United States | |
Name | USS YMS-477 |
Builder | Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, Washington |
Laid down | 12 July 1943 as PCS-1453 |
Reclassified | YMS-477, 27 September 1943 |
Launched | 6 November 1943 |
Commissioned | 10 July 1944 |
Stricken | 28 August 1946 |
Fate | Sold in April 1947, fate unknown |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 320 tons |
Length | 136 ft 0 in (41.45 m) |
Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
Draft | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) (max.) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Complement | 33 |
Armament |
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After wartime service, YMS-477 was decommissioned and then struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 28 August 1946. In April 1947, the former minesweeper was sold, but her ultimate fate is unknown.
References
edit- Radigan, Joseph M. (2006). "YMS-477". NavSource.org. Retrieved 22 October 2009.