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USS YMS 61

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Name
  
USS YMS-61

Decommissioned
  
19 June 1946

Beam
  
24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)

Commissioned
  
23 June 1942

Displacement
  
320 long tons (325 t)

Length
  
42 m

Class and type
  
YMS-1-class minesweeper

USS YMS-61 was a United States Navy YMS-1-class auxiliary motor minesweeper during World War II. She was laid down 23 September 1941 by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co. She was commissioned on 23 June 1942. Assigned to the Caribbean she operated in the former Netherlands Antilles. She was struck from the Naval Registry on 19 June 1946.

References

USS YMS-61 Wikipedia