NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Kozlu (ex-YMS348)	M513		Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville, USA	9.1942	9.2.1943	9.1943 // 2.1948	discarded 1965
Kuşadası (ex-YMS468)	M514		Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville, USA	6.1943	23.3.1944	8.1944 // 2.1948	discarded 1965
Küllük (ex-YMS375), 1950s- Karamürsel	M515		Greenport Basin, USA	12.1942	27.2.1943	7.1943 // 2.1948	discarded 1966
Kas (ex-YMS79)	M517		Stadium, Cleveland, USA	6.1941	27.12.1941	6.1942 // 2.1948	discarded 1963
Kilimli (ex-YMS289)	M518		Associated, Seattle, USA	10.1942	26.1.1943	6.1943 // 2.1948	discarded 1963
Kerempe (ex-YMS239)	M519		Stadium, Cleveland, USA	5.1942	27.10.1942	4.1943 // 2.1948	discarded 1966
Kemer (ex-YMS228)	M520		Frank L. Sample, Boothbay Harbor, USA	4.1942	2.10.1942	5.1943 // 2.1948	discarded 1966
Kirte (ex-YMS307)	M521		Rice Bros, E. Boothbay, USA	10.1942	31.12.1943	2.1944 // 2.1948	discarded 1966

Technical data

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 20, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 DCT, 2 DCR, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	SF or SO or SU radar
Complement	60

Standard scale images

Project history

Former US YMS class coastal minesweepers. Kas had two funnels, Kuşadası had no funnels, others had one funnel.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.