Allied Warships

USS YMS-251 (YMS-251)

Minesweeper of the YMS class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassYMS 
PennantYMS-251 
Built byWeaver Shipyards (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered14 Mar 1942 
Laid down30 May 1942 
Launched24 Dec 1942 
Commissioned30 Aug 1943 
End service 
HistoryStricken on 3 July 1946

 

Commands listed for USS YMS-251 (YMS-251)

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1Lt.(jg) James K Bair, Jr., USNR30 Aug 1943early 1945
2Lt.(jg) Daniel Vester Edmundson, Jr., USNRearly 1945late 1945

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