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Partridge (AMS 31)
ex-YMS-437



Call sign:
November - Charlie - Charlie - Oscar

Sunk 2 February 1951
YMS-1 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down 3 October 1944 by the J. M. Martinac Corp., Tacoma, WA; Launched, 22 April 1945; Completed and commissioned, USS YMS-437, 25 July 1945; Reclassified as a Motor Minesweeper, AMS-31 and named Partridge 18 February 1947; Struck a mine in Wonson Harbor, Korea and sank 2 February 1951; Struck from the Naval Vessel Register, 27 February 1951.

Specifications: Displacement 350 t.; Length 136'; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 6' 1"; Speed 12 kts; Complement 50; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm, two dct, two dcp; Propulsion diesel, two shafts, 500hp.

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Partridge 41k c. 1947
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