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YMS-422 / AMS-28 / MSC(O)-28 Osprey


YMS-410 Class Auxiliary Motor Mine Sweeper: Laid down 9 October 1943 at Astoria Marine Construction Co., Astoria Oregon; Launched 1 June 1944; Commissioned USS YMS-422, 27 September 1944; Redesignated a Motor Minesweeper (AMS) and renamed Osprey (AMS-28), 17 February 1947; Redesignated a Coastal Minesweeper, Old (MSC(O)-28), 7 February 1955; Loaned to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, March 1955, renamed Yakushima (YTE-10); Struck from the Naval Register 15 June 1969; Final Disposition, fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 270 t.; Length 136'; Beam 24' 6"; Draft 8'; Speed 15 kts; Complement 34; Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, two 20mm, two dcp; Propulsion diesel.
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Osprey 70k YMS-422 In San Francisco Bay, c.late 1944 or
early 1945.
Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1976.
Naval Historical Center Photograph.
US Navy photo (NH 84987)
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Osprey 82k Osprey (AMS-28)
Photograph dated 26 April 1952, during the ship's
Korean War service.
US Navy photo # (NH 68536)
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Chatterer 146k Mine Division 31 ied up at Yokosuka, following
mine clearance activities off Korea.
From left to right:
Merganser (AMS-26);
Osprey (AMS-28);
Chatterer (AMS-40) and
Mockingbird (AMS-27).
US Navy photo (80-G-424597) original dated
30 November 1950
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AMS-5 Condor/LST-735 Dukes County 88k LST-735 Dukes County serving as mother ship for seven
minesweepers,probably in a Japanese port, circa 1952-54.
Ships nested alongside are:
Gull (AMS-16);
Firecrest (AMS-10);
Condor(AMS-5);
Merganser (AMS-26);
Osprey (AMS-28);
Competent
(AM-316);
Chief (AM-315).
US Navy photo NH 68589
Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute, James C. Fahey Collection.
Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Reunions Magazine
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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