Allied Warships

HMS BYMS 2078 (J 878)

Minesweeper of the YMS class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMinesweeper
ClassYMS 
PennantJ 878 
Built byWheeler Shipbuilding Corp. (Whitestone, Long Island, New York, U.S.A.) 
Ordered14 Mar 1942 
Laid down20 Oct 1942 
Launched22 May 1943 
Commissioned14 Jul 1943 
End service 
History

Returned to the USN on 12 February 1948.

 
Former nameBYMS 78

Commands listed for HMS BYMS 2078 (J 878)

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1Albert Edward Fisher, RNROct 1943late 1945

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