PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
ex-BYMS2017 1955
ex-YMS393 1955
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
(ex-BYMS2017, ex-BYMS17) | Bellingham Marine, USA | 7.1941 | 14.4.1942 | 5.1942 // 1948 | deleted 1976 | ||
(ex-YMS339) | Seattle SB, USA | 3.1943 | 8.5.1943 | 9.1943 // 6.1948 | deleted 1963 | ||
(ex-YMS346) | Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville, USA | 8.1942 | 5.1.1943 | 8.1943 // 1948 | deleted 1976 | ||
(ex-YMS367) | Wheeler, Brooklyn, USA | 12.1942 | 15.7.1943 | 9.1943 // 10.1948 | deleted 1976 | ||
(ex-YMS393) | Harbor Boat, Terminal I, USA | 6.1942 | 29.5.1943 | 9.1943 // 1948 | deleted 1976 |
Displacement standard, t |
270 |
Displacement full, t |
320 |
Length, m |
39.6 wl 41.5 oa |
Breadth, m |
7.47 |
Draught, m |
2.36 full load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 diesels |
Power, h. p. |
800 |
Max speed, kts |
14 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
2000 (12) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 DCT, 2 DCR, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear |
Electronic equipment |
presumably SF or SO or SU radar |
Complement |
60 |
Project history: Former USN YMS class coastal minesweepers.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015