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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= | 1945}} | Ship name=USS YMS-50 | Ship ordered= | Ship builder=Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp, Whitestone, Long Island, New York | Ship laid down=16 July 1941 | Ship launched=6 June 1942 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= 3 August 1942 | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship homeport= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honors= | Ship fate=Sunk, 18 June 1945 | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | YMS-1|minesweeper | ship} | 320|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} | 136|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 24|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | 6|ft|1|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship propulsion= 2 × General Motors diesel engines, two shafts. | 13|kn|lk=in}} | Ship range= | Ship complement=33 | Ship armament=*1 × 3"/50 caliber gun- 2 × 20 mm guns
- 2 × Depth charge tracks
- 2 × Depth charge projectors
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}} | USS YMS-50 was a United States Navy {{sclass-|YMS-1|minesweeper|0}} 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 {{coord|01|18|S|116|49|E|dim:2000000|display=inline,title}} and was scuttled by the light cruiser {{USS|Denver|CL-58|2}}. Citations1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/19050.htm |title=YMS-50 |accessdate=24 February 2010}}
2. ^Morison (1958), p. 377.
References- {{cite book| last = Morison| first = Samuel Eliot| authorlink = Samuel Eliot Morison| coauthors = | year = 1958| chapter = | title = Breaking the Bismarcks Barrier, vol. 6 of History of United States Naval Operations in World War II| publisher = Castle Books| location = | isbn = 0-7858-1307-1}}
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