Name USS YMS-50 Completed 3 August 1942 Displacement 320 long tons (325 t) Launched 6 June 1942 Builders Whitestone, Long Island | Laid down 16 July 1941 Fate Sunk, 18 June 1945 Construction started 16 July 1941 Length 42 m | |
Class and type YMS-1-class minesweeper | ||
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. 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. 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.
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