Allied Warships

HMS BYMS 2008 (J 808)

Minesweeper of the YMS class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassYMS 
PennantJ 808 
Built byWheeler Shipbuilding Corp. (Whitestone, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.) 
Ordered6 Jun 1941 
Laid down28 Nov 1941 
Launched7 Sep 1942 
Commissioned19 Oct 1942 
End service 
History

Returned to the USN on 12 November 1946.

 
Former nameBYMS 8

Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2008 (J 808)

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CommanderFromTo
1Skr. Norman Lyle, RNR9 Jul 1942late 1943
2T/Skr. Job Banyard Jamieson, RNRlate 1943Dec 1943
3Skr. George Samuel Draper, DSC, RNRDec 1943Mar 1946

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