USS YMS-50 was a United States Navy auxiliary motor minesweeper during World War II. Laid down on 16 July 1941 at Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone, Long Island, New York, she was launched on 6 June 1942 and commissioned on 3 August. Assigned to the South West Pacific Area, she was damaged by a dive bomber while covering the landings during the battle of Arawe, New Britain on 17 December 1943.Morison (1958), p. 377. Later while covering the landings during the battle of Balikpapan, Borneo she struck a mine on 18 June 1945 at and was scuttled by the light cruiser .
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