USS Partridge (AMS-31)

History
United States
Name:	USS YMS-437
Namesake:	the partridge bird
Laid down:	3 October 1944
Launched:	22 April 1945
Commissioned:	25 July 1945
Renamed:	USS Partridge (AMS-31), 18 February 1947
Namesake:	the partridge bird
Struck:	27 February 1951
Fate:	Struck a mine and sank, 2 February 1951
General characteristics
Class and type:	YMS-135 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers
Displacement:	350 tons
Length:	136 ft (41 m)
Beam:	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Draft:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Propulsion:	2 × 880 bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines 2 shafts
Speed:	12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement:	50
Armament:	1 × 3"/50 caliber gun mount 2 × 20 mm guns 2 × depth charge projectors

USS Partridge (AMS-31/YMS-437) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy in World War II.

History

Partridge was laid down as YMS-437 on 3 October 1944 by J. M. Martinac Corp., Tacoma, Washington; launched 22 April 1945; and commissioned 25 July 1945, Lt. (j.g.) Gilbert Q. McKinley, USNR, in command.

Upon fitting out, YMS-437 reported to the U.S. Pacific Fleet for duty on 16 August. Assigned to the First Fleet, YMS-437 conducted operations in the Hawaiian Islands area and along the U.S. West Coast. She was reclassified and named Partridge (AMS-31) 18 February 1947.

In late 1951, Partridge joined the U.S. forces in Korea. Ordered to assist in clearing Wonsan Harbor of mines, the little minesweeper struck a mine and sank 2 February 1951. Eight of her crew were killed and six were wounded. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 27 February.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

• Photo gallery of Partridge at NavSource Naval History
• Casualties of Ship Sinkings & Damaged Vessels