I’ve compiled a list of all of the minesweepers lost to Pacific actions, storms, and accidents.
Date | Ship | Fate | Source |
1944-09-24 | YMS-19 |
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wikimapia.org |
1944-10-01 | YMS-385 |
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wikimapia.org |
1944-10-17 | YMS-70 |
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uboat.net |
1945-02-14 | YMS-48 |
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wikimapia.org |
1945-04-03 | YMS-71 |
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wrecksite.eu |
1945-04-08 | YMS-103 |
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yms299.org |
1945-05-02 | YMS-481 |
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uboat.net |
1945-06-18 | YMS-50 |
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wikipedia.org |
1945-06-26 | YMS-39 |
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wrecksite.eu |
1945-06-26 | YMS-365 |
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wrecksite.eu |
1945-07-09 | YMS-84 |
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wikimapia.org |
1945-09-16 | YMS-98 |
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navsource.org |
1945-09-16 | YMS-341 |
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navsource.org |
1945-09-16 | YMS-421 |
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navsource.org |
1945-09-16 | YMS-472 |
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uboat.net |
In most cases, all or most of the crew survived as the damage didn’t cause immediate sinking and left time for abandoning and rescue. The biggest exceptions are the ships lost to Typhoon Ida, whom I also don’t have coordinates for. Those ships were lost to storms and their crews set adrift with most dying in the storm or to sharks.
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