At 1530I/2, camouflaged batteries at Cape Djoeata (in the north-west of Tarakan Island) sank USS YMS-481 and damaged USS YMS-334 and YMS-364. USS Cofer and USS LCS-8 and USS LCS-28 silenced the battery.

Struck from the Naval Register 2 June 1945. Displacement 270 t. Speed 15 kts. Propulsion: Two 880shp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt reduction gear, two shafts. There is no DANFS history available for YMS-481.

2020年8月11日 · On 2 May 1945, a carefully concealed Japanese shore battery of two 75mm guns at Tarakan opened up and hit three of the minesweepers in quick succession. Auxiliary motor minesweeper YMS-481 sank,...

The wood-hulled YMS proved to be one of the U.S. Navy's more durable and versatile types through a quarter-century of service, filling a variety of roles for a number of navies. All 481 ships of this type had the same general characteristics.

The YMS-1 class of auxiliary motor minesweepers was established with the laying down of YMS-1 on 4 March 1941. Some were later transferred to the United Kingdom as part of the World War II Lend-Lease pact between the two nations. One ship eventually made its way into the Royal Canadian Navy postwar.

A database of photographs, desctriptions and locations of WWII wreckage remaining in Pacific.

2016年7月22日 · In Borneo – Tarakan Island – During that battle the ship in front of them, the YMS 481, blew up. This ship had been a companion ship with the 329 since they left CA and been sweeping with them since Sept 1944 …

YMS-1級掃海艇 （YMS-1きゅうそうかいてい、 英語: YMS-1-class minesweeper）は、 アメリカ海軍 が運用していた補助内燃機 掃海艇 （YMS）の艦級である。 合計481隻が建造され、 アメリカ海軍のほか 日本 を含む 西側諸国 で運用された。 複数のサブクラスが存在するほか、 レンドリース法 により イギリス に提供する目的で、本級を基にした BYMS級掃海艇 （英語版） が建造されている。 1947年に現役だった艇は艦種記号をAMSに改められ、固有の名前が与えら …

2018年6月3日 · YMS-481 Covers Page 1 (DATE RANGE) Postmarks. This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type.

YMS-481, 4/21/44-5/2/45. Image. View Full Item. Creator. Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Bureau of Naval Personnel. 9/18/1947-1982. Partner National Archives and Records Administration. Contributing Institution National Archives at College Park - …