USS YMS-61 was a United States Navy YMS-1-class auxiliary motor minesweeper during World War II. She was laid down 23 September 1941 by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co. She was commissioned on 23 June 1942.^[1] Assigned to the Caribbean she operated in the former Netherlands Antilles. She was struck from the Naval Registry on 19 June 1946.

A YMS-1-class minesweeper
History
United States
Name	USS YMS-61
Commissioned	23 June 1942
Decommissioned	19 June 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	YMS-1-class minesweeper
Displacement	320 long tons (325 t)
Length	136 ft (41 m)
Beam	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Propulsion	2 × General Motors diesel engines, two shafts.
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	32
Armament	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun 2 × 20 mm guns 2 × Depth charge tracks 2 × Depth charge projectors