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| In commission range = about March 1942<ref name=navsrcYMSidx/> -– 13 December 1957<ref name=navsrcYMS327>{{cite web | first = Joseph M. | last = Radigan | url = http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/19327.htm | title = Ruff (MSC<nowiki>[</nowiki>O<nowiki>]</nowiki> 54), ex-AMS-54, ex-YMS-327 | work = NavSource Online | publisher = NavSource Naval History | year = 2006 | access-date = 2007-12-20 }}</ref>

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| Ship armament = *1 × [[3"-inch/50 -caliber gun|3-inch/50 caliber]] [[gun mount]]

*2 × [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20&nbsp;mm guns]]

*2 × [[depth charge projector]]s

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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 Kingdom as part of the [[Second World War II]] [[Lend-Lease]] pact between the two nations. One ship eventually made its way into the [[Royal Canadian Navy]] postwar.

==Design==

The design for the class had a displacement of 270 tonnes. The ships had a length of {{convert|136|ft|m}}, a [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|24|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}}, and a [[Draft (hull)|draft]] of {{convert|8|ft|m|abbr=on}}. The vessels were capable of {{convert|15|kn|lk=in}}, being powered by two {{convert|440|shp|lk=in|abbr=on}} [[General Motors]] (Cleveland) 8-268A, 2-cycle [[diesel engines]] which drove two shafts.

The ships had a complement of 32. Their armament comprised one single [[3"-inch/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:

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== References ==

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* {{DANFS}}

*{{cite book|last=Blackman|first=Raymond V. B.|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1962–63|year=1962|publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd|___location=London}}

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==External links==

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/#Anchor-Editoria-14954 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]

* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/19001.htm NavSource Online: Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive -– YMS-1]

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