It was released in September 2021 on vinyl and digitally in October 2021 on the label Holding Hands via sub-imprint Submerged. Manchester drum and bass remains on the radar with the Minesweeper EP from DJ and producer Ocean Stirs (real name Tom Jarmey). Navy Minesweeper - World War II - Pacific Area)Ĭlick on ship number to view photos/historyĪuxiliary Motor Minesweepers (YMS) & British Motor Minesweepers (BYMS)Īrmament: One 3"/50 cal.Selector’s Sounds series follows a procedure that puts music quality before status or industry relationships. (Courtesy of Robert Noonan - YMS-176, U.S. The Navy designed them and laughed and laughed. Our clothes line boys is aft of the stack.įour rubber sides would have been convenient.Īh yes, my friend, if big ships bore you, We scrub our whites - they come back black, They just exist under strains and stresses,īut the simplest meals can come to grief, To forget those small craft transfer slips, Photo courtesy of the City Island Nautical Museum and Tom Nye. Today Consolidated Yacht Yard is still owned by Rodstrom family. Consolidated remained in business until 1957-58, was then sold to Wes Rodstrom who operated the yard from 1959 to about 1963 as Rodstroms Yacht Yard then changed the name back somewhat to Consolidated Yacht Yard. Consolidated then over a 2 year period relocated completely to City Island. In 1946 the Robert Jacob Shipyard was sold to Consolidated Shipbuilding of Morris Heights. July 1944, which shows Harbor Tugs, Vospers, and YMS Auxiliary Motor Minesweepers under construction. Navy numbers.Ī view of the Robert Jacob Shipyard, City Island, NY, c. On the Navy List they were designated BYMS, with their original U.S. Navy as YMS' and transferred to Britain on, or shortly after, completion. Seventy more BYMS' bore hull numbers from 137 to 284. Names were not assigned them by the Royal Navy. Their general characteristics were identical to those of their U.S. Upon transfer to Britain, BYMS-1 to BYMS-80 were assigned the British pendant numbers BYMS-2001 to BYMS-2080. For accounting purposes they were carried on the Navy List as "British Motor Minesweepers" (BYMS) and numbered in a separate sequence from 1 to 80. Navy specifically for transfer to Great Britain under Lend-Lease. service, was struck from the Navy List in November 1969.Įighty ships of the 136-foot YMS type were ordered by the U.S. Ruff (MSCO-54), originally YMS-327, the last of her kind in U.S. These ships bore much of the mine warfare burden in Korea, formed a major portion of our minecraft strength through the 1950's, and provided underway training for Naval Reservists in the 1960's. Surviving YMS's were reclassified as AMS in 1947, given names, and rerated as mine warfare ships in 1955 they received the new type symbol MSC(O), changed to MSCO in 1967. Originally rated as service craft, they were used during World War II for inshore sweeping to prepare the way for amphibious assaults. The only significant variation within the type was one of appearance YMS-1 through 134 had two stacks, YMS-135 through 445, 480, and 481 had one, while YMS-446 through 479 had none. All 481 ships of this type had the same general characteristics. Navy's more durable and versatile types through a quarter-century of service, filling a variety of roles for a number of navies. The wood-hulled YMS proved to be one of the U.S. One of their greatest losses being on 9 October 1945, when seven U.S. Records show that YMS' were used in the United States Navy to sweep mines laid by enemy subs as early as 1942 off the ports of Jacksonville, FL and Charleston, SC. Navy that this is the reason for the "Yard" designation. Built at 35 yacht yards, rather than larger shipyards 12 on the East Coast 19 on the West Coast, and four in the Great Lakes. Referring to a "Naval Yard or Naval Base." This type was not expected to go beyond adjacent waters from their base. Originally a class of Motor Minesweepers, "Yard " was added to distinguish them from other classes. The first wooden minesweeper of this class was to gain prominence in all theaters during World War II. This yard held the distinction of building this ship in 3 months, 18 days. Launched on 10 January 1942, it was completed two months later on 25 March 1942. Shipyard in City Island, NY, when the keel was laid of the first United States "Yard class Minesweeper" designed by this company and listed as YMS-1. NavSource Photo Archives: Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper (YMS) NavSource Auxiliary Minesweeper Photo Archive
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