USS YMS-50
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 and was scuttled by the light cruiser Denver.
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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Citations
- "YMS-50". Retrieved 24 February 2010.
- Morison (1958), p. 377.
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References
- Morison, Samuel Eliot (1958). Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, vol. 6 of History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Castle Books. ISBN 0-7858-1307-1.
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