Ship Details

La Beverie (I)

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Photo Credit: Tony Cane-Honeysett

 
 
Registry #1 190590 (Canada) Registry #2 0290117 (US) Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1943 YMS-328 (U.S.S.) Name 6
Name 2 1948 La Beverie (I) Name 7
Name 3 1960 Wild Goose II Name 8
Name 4 1962 Wild Goose (I) Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1943 Place Ballard Area WA Country USA
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 129.4' x 24.6' x 10.3'
Builder Ballard Marine Railway Co. Inc., Seattle WA Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement
Gross Tonnage 260 Type 1 Minesweeper
Registered Tonnage 167 Type 2 Tug
Engine 800hp engine (1943) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds In 1962 she was rebuilt as a yacht to 126.5' x 24.5' x 11.5' 96gt 65nt. Call Sign WCX9797
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1943-1946 she was owned by the United States Navy as a YMS-1 Class minesweeper. In 1948-1949 she was owned by Harold Jones, Vancouver BC Canada. In 1950-1959 she was owned by Vancouver Tug & Barge Co. Ltd. Vancouver BC Canada. In 1960-1962 she was owned by Goose Bay Ventures Ltd. (Max Wyman), Vancouver BC Canada. In 1962-1991 she was owned by the actor John Wayne, CA USA. In 1992 she was owned by Deil Gustafson. She was owned by Wild Goose LLC. In 2014-2024 she was still in operation for dinner cruises in Newport Beach, California USA by Hornblower Cruises.
 
Fate Afloat in 2024 Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
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Anecdotes
YMS-328 was delivered on 26 May 1943. This vessel served in the Aleutian Islands during World War II, sweeping enemy minefields at Attu and US minefields at Kiska, and patrolling out of Adak. This vessel was enroute to Dutch Harbor to be fitted for the invasion of Paramishiru Island in Japan, when Japan surrendered. YMS-328 returned to Bremerton, Washington. This vessel was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in 1946.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping; http://www.ask.com/wiki/USS_YMS-328?o=2801&qsrc=999&ad=doubleDown&an=apn&ap=ask.com; http://halfmoon.ca/wordpress/?p=209; Merchant Vessels of the United States (1965); https://cgmix.uscg.mil/PSIX/PSIXSearch.aspx (website viewed 28/07/2024);
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