Allied Warships

HMS BYMS 2068 (J 868)

Minesweeper of the YMS class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassYMS 
PennantJ 868 
Built byWheeler Shipbuilding Corp. (Whitestone, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.) 
Ordered14 Mar 1942 
Laid down30 Apr 1942 
Launched9 Feb 1943 
Commissioned16 Mar 1943 
End service 
History

Returned to the USN on 18 May 1946.

 
Former nameBYMS 68

Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2068 (J 868)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/A/Lt.Cdr. John Ewan Cameron, RNR17 Mar 1943mid 1945
2T/S.Lt. Thomas Stubbins, RNVRmid 1945Mar 1946

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