USS YMS-61

A YMS-1-class minesweeper
History
United States
Name	USS YMS-61
Commissioned	23 June 1942
Decommissioned	19 June 1946
General characteristics
Class & type	YMS-1-class minesweeper
Displacement	320 long tons (325 t)
Length	136 ft (41 m)
Beam	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Propulsion	2 × General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	32
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 2 × 20 mm guns 2 × Depth charge tracks 2 × Depth charge projectors

USS YMS-61 was a United States Navy YMS-1-class auxiliary motor minesweeper during World War II. She was laid down 23 September 1941 by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co. She was commissioned on 23 June 1942. Assigned to the Caribbean she operated in the former Netherlands Antilles. She was struck from the Naval Registry on 19 June 1946.