USS YMS-50
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| History |
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| Name: |
USS YMS-50 |
| Builder: |
Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp, Whitestone, Long Island, New York |
| Laid down: |
16 July 1941 |
| Launched: |
6 June 1942 |
| Completed: |
3 August 1942 |
| Fate: |
Sunk, 18 June 1945 |
| 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: |
33 |
| Armament: |
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USS YMS-50 was a United States Navy YMS-1-class auxiliary motor minesweeper during World War II. Laid down on 16 July 1941 at Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone, Long Island, New York, she was launched on 6 June 1942 and commissioned on 3 August.[1] Assigned to the South West Pacific Area she was damaged by a dive bomber while covering the landings during the battle of Arawe, New Britain on 17 December 1943.[2] Later while covering the landings during the battle of Balikpapan, Borneo she struck a mine on 18 June 1945 at 01°18′S 116°49′E / 1.300°S 116.817°E / -1.300; 116.817Coordinates: 01°18′S 116°49′E / 1.300°S 116.817°E / -1.300; 116.817 and was scuttled by the light cruiser Denver.
Citations
- ↑ "YMS-50". Retrieved 24 February 2010.
- ↑ Morison (1958), p. 377.
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