Content deleted Content added
Mathmitch7 (talk | contribs) →Examples: fix hull numbering of the ''swallow'' |
Mathmitch7 (talk | contribs) add subjective description and source |
||
Line 68:
The ships had a complement of 32. Their armament comprised one single [[3"/50 caliber gun|3-inch/50 caliber]] gun mount, two [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm]] [[anti-air warfare|anti-aircraft]] guns and two [[depth charge projector]]s.
''YMS-1''-class ships were relatively small compared to larger contemporary [[US Navy]] ships. This led to a view by some sailors that the YMS-designated ships were cramped and particularly unsteady. These conditions were described (and surely exaggerated) by one author in a humorous poem "warning" other sailors to not transfer:
{{poem quote|text=''"Men don't live on YMS's
they just exist under strains and stresses,
tossed around like a bundle of peas,
inside their ship on the calmest seas."|sign=Anonymous|title="A Plug for a Distinguished Nervuos Cross"<ref name=navsrcYMSidx />}}
==Subclasses==
| |||