Navy | The Royal Navy |
Type | Minesweeper |
Class | YMS |
Pennant | J 871 |
Built by | Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp. (Whitestone, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | 14 Mar 1942 |
Laid down | 10 Jun 1942 |
Launched | 24 Mar 1943 |
Commissioned | 4 May 1943 |
End service | |
History | Returned to the USN on 1 September 1947. |
Former name | BYMS 71 |
Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2071 (J 871)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Lt. William MacMurray Dougall, RNVR | 21 Oct 1943 | late 1945 |
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