Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

YMS-183

• 136' class Motor Minesweeper:
• Displacement: 286 tons (full)
• Length: 136'
• Beam: 24'6"
• Draft: 8'
• Speed: 13 knots
• Armament: 1 3"/50 DP, 2 20mm, 2 DC tracks, 2 track ext, 2 single DC projectors
• Complement: 4 officers, 29 crew
• Diesel engines, twin screws, 500 h.p.
• Built at Greenport Basin & Construction, Greenport, NY and commissioned 15 January 1943

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS YMS-183
• Wooden Dreadnaught: The Biography of the USS TMS 183, by John DIxon Davis

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