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YMS-437 / AMS-31 Partridge


YMS-156 Class Auxiliary Motor Minesweeper: Laid down as YMS-437, 3 October 1944 by J. M. Martinac Corp., Tacoma, WA; Launched, 22 April 1945; Commissioned, USS YMS-437, 25 July 1945; Reclassified a Motor Minesweeper (AMS) and renamed USS Partridge (AMS-31), 18 February 1947; Struck a mine in Wonson Harbor, Korea and sunk, 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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