Auxiliary motor minesweepers were small wood-hulled minesweepers commissioned by the United States Navy for service during World War II. The vessels were...
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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...
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navies have used such ships. Motor minesweepers include: Auxiliary motor minesweepers (YMS), small wood-hulled minesweepers commissioned by the United States...
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received the designation "EK"; minesweepers and auxiliary motor minesweepers were redesignated tralshik ("minesweeper") and received the designation "T";...
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Auxiliary motor minesweepers in 1942 and 1943. Auxiliary motor minesweepers had a wood-hull. the ships were numbered and unnamed. The auxiliary motor...
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Initially classified as auxiliary motor minesweepers (AMS), on 7 February 1955, they were reclassified as coastal minesweepers (minesweeper, coastal) (MSC)....
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minesweepers keep waterways clear for safe shipping. The earliest known usage of the naval mine dates to the Ming dynasty. Dedicated minesweepers, however...
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YMS-1-class minesweeper (270t, wooden hull) In early 1915, the British Admiralty selected the US Electric Launch Company (Elco) for the production of 50 motor launches...
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Oracle, Motive, Heed Units 5 & 6 and Mobile Hydrographic Unit 5 auxiliary motor minesweepers 2 landing craft, control 6 landing craft, vehicle Rear Adm. William...
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gun, along with 40 mm guns, and depth charges. The YMS-1-class auxiliary motor minesweepers were 270 ton, 136-foot (41 m) vessels. With a crew of 32, they...
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and most successful classes of minesweepers ordered by the United States Navy during World War II. Typically, minesweepers detected and removed naval mines...
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Depot ship (section Motor torpedo boat depot ships)
A depot ship is an auxiliary ship used as a mobile or fixed base for submarines, destroyers, minesweepers, fast attack craft, landing craft, or other small...
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Hull classification symbol (redirect from Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary Ship)
Patrol craft, fast, (swift boat) PCS: Patrol craft, sweeper (modified-motor minesweepers meant for anti-submarine warfare) PF: Frigate, in a role similar to...
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Michael J (1992). Minesweeper: The Role of the Motor Minesweepers in World War II. ISBN 1-872017-57-6. "Bangor class Minesweepers". uboat.net. Retrieved...
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USS Admirable (redirect from Soviet minesweeper T-521)
composed of the minesweepers USS Augury (AM-149), USS Agile (AMc-111), and USS Affray (AMc-112), and the auxiliary motor minesweeper USS YMS-285, which...
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night attacks. Thirty-two LCIs were converted to ACMU-7 class coastal minesweepers. One LCI(L), LCI-346, was used as a press boat (PGY) during the Battle...
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List of mine countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy (redirect from List of minesweepers of the Royal Navy)
variant MMS-class minesweeper (403 ships, launched 1940–1945) inshore acoustic / magnetic motor minesweepers Algerine-class minesweeper (98 ships, launched...
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Harbor Boat Building Company built Adjutant-class minesweepers, an auxiliary motor minesweepers for the United States Navy and other counties in the...
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private ownership. However, PLAN has to keep a very large number of auxiliary minesweepers to prepare for war, and as a result, when naval trawlers had retired...
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USS Seer (AM-112) USS Sentinel (AM-113) 7 PCs 26 SCs 6 YMS - auxiliary motor minesweepers 86.4 Joss Assault Force, Major General Truscott, USA U. S. Army...
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Naval ship (section Auxiliary ships)
attack craft, minesweepers, submarines, patrol vessels, landing craft and other small ships. Fast combat support ships are a type of auxiliary ships designed...
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An auxiliary ship is a naval ship designed to support combatant ships and other naval operations. Auxiliary ships are not primary combatant vessels, though...
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(Ham class). RNXS vessel names were prefixed 'XSV' for Auxiliary Service Vessel. The minesweepers were de-armed and converted to enable larger training...
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minesweeper was a designation given by the United States Navy to a series of destroyers that were converted into high-speed ocean-going minesweepers for...
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service in the Pacific war zone where one, Rockford, teamed with the minesweeper Ardent to sink the Japanese submarine I-12 in November 1944, but the...
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LCI(L)-675 LCI(L)-943 LCI(L)-945 LCI(L)-946 LCI(L)-949 LCI(L)-950 Auxiliary motor minesweepers (YMS) YMS-33 YMS-38 YMS-42 YMS-59 YMS-75 YMS-85 YMS-88 YMS-100...
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Scrimmage, Sentry 2 minelayers: Preble, Breese 26 auxiliary motor minesweepers 1 harbour defence motor launch: 1074 Lt. Commander C.C. Morgan, USNR 11 fast...
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Craft YM: Dredge YMN: Dredge (non-self propelled) YMS: Motor Minesweeper, Auxiliary YMT: Motor tug YN: Net tender YND: Net tender, district YNG: Gate...
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A motor torpedo boat is a fast torpedo boat, especially of the mid 20th century. The motor in the designation originally referred to their use of petrol...
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Retrieved 2015-11-19. Priolo, Gary P. (2006). "Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper (YMS), British Motor Minesweeper (BYMS) Index". NavSource Online. NavSource Naval...
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