USS Partridge (AMS-31)
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| Name: | USS YMS-437 |
| Namesake: | the partridge bird |
| Laid down: | 3 October 1944 |
| Launched: | 22 April 1945 |
| Commissioned: | 25 July 1945 |
| Renamed: | USS Partridge (AMS-31), 18 February 1947 |
| Namesake: | the partridge bird |
| Struck: | 27 February 1951 |
| Fate: | Struck a mine and sank, 2 February 1951 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | YMS-135 subclass of YMS-1-class minesweepers |
| Displacement: | 350 tons |
| Length: | 136 ft (41 m) |
| Beam: | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
| Draft: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
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| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 50 |
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USS Partridge (AMS-31/YMS-437) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass built for the United States Navy in World War II.
Partridge was laid down as YMS-437 on 3 October 1944 by J. M. Martinac Corp., Tacoma, Washington; launched 22 April 1945; and commissioned 25 July 1945, Lt. (j.g.) Gilbert Q. McKinley, USNR, in command.
Upon fitting out, YMS-437 reported to the U.S. Pacific Fleet for duty on 16 August. Assigned to the First Fleet, YMS-437 conducted operations in the Hawaiian Islands area and along the U.S. West Coast. She was reclassified and named Partridge (AMS-31) 18 February 1947.
In late 1951, Partridge joined the U.S. forces in Korea. Ordered to assist in clearing Wonsan Harbor of mines, the little minesweeper struck a mine and sank 2 February 1951. Eight of her crew were killed and six were wounded. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 27 February.
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