USS YMS-107

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]

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:
Aircraft carried: none

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

  1. "USS YMS-107 (YMS-107)". uboat.net. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  2. "Case Number 34669". National Archives. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  3. "Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive, YMS-107". NavSource Online. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
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