Their numbers are dwindling, but crew of the World War II minsweeper YMS-55 still meet to catch up on happenings in their lives since the big war. Eight of the former sailors, including a Williamsb… ...

One day, YMS-302 was leading a formation of minesweepers with YMS-385 and YMS-294 through un-swept waters. The ship caught a mine, but the cutter jammed. YMS-302 pulled out of the formation and ...

He sent a search link to several online articles, including the Wikipedia entry that includes this about the USS YMS-328 minesweeper: "In 1962, she was bought by John Wayne and went through a ...

Signalman John Patrick Whiteman, a man whose service aboard the minesweeper YMS-346 would later be a cornerstone of his life in Seaford, where he raised a family. More for You.

born August 16, 1926 in Ridgley, TN, passed away October 23, 2016 with his children by his side. Myles was a veteran of WWII having served in the U. S. Navy and stationed on a YMS Minesweeper ...

In the war, Meier participated in the D-Day invasion as ensign on minesweeper YMS-380, and in the Pacific theater on minesweeper YMS-276. He was a descendent of Judge Ezekiel Davis, who in 1834 ...