Nā BYMS minesweepers ma ka Polish Mine Action Force

Ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā mea minesweepers Polish BYMS - Foka, Delfin a me Mors ma ke awa o Oksivi. Kiʻi na Janusz Uklejewski / Marek Twardowski Collection

ʻO ke Kaua Honua ʻElua i hōʻike maopopo ʻole ʻia ʻo kaʻu mau mea kaua, i hoʻohana ʻia i ka hoʻouka kaua a me ka pale ʻana, he mea weliweli, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ka waiwai o ka hakakā ʻana ma ke kai. Hōʻike nā helu helu i ka moʻolelo o nā kaua moana inā ua hoʻohana ʻia nā mines 2600 i ke Kaua Crimean, a me 6500 i ke Kaua Lūkini-Iapana, a laila ua hoʻokomo ʻia ʻo 310 tausani ma ke Kaua Honua Mua, a ʻoi aku ma mua o 000 tausani ma ka Honua ʻElua. Kaua . Ua ʻike nā manuwa a puni ka honua i ka ulu nui ʻana o ka hoihoi i kēia ʻano kaua haʻahaʻa a maikaʻi hoʻi. Ua hoʻomaopopo pū lākou i nā pōʻino e pili ana.

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Malaki 4, 1941 ma Henry B. Nevins, Inc. Ua waiho ʻia ka mea minesweeper o ka US Navy Yard Class no ka manawa mua ma City Island, New York. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka moku e ke keʻena hoʻolālā o ka pā hale a loaʻa iā ia ka inoa alphanumeric YaMS-1. Hoʻomaka ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana ma Ianuali 10, 1942, a ua hoʻopau ʻia ka hana ma hope o 2 mau mahina - ma Malaki 25, 1942. Ua kūkulu ʻia nā moku i ka lāʻau e wikiwiki ai i ka hana. Hoʻohana ʻia nā minesweeper lāʻau o kēia ʻano ma nā wai he nui i ke Kaua Honua II. He 561 mau moku i kukuluia ma na moku moku Amerika. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo "Motor Minesweeper", ʻo ka huaʻōlelo "Yard" i kapa ʻia ʻo "Naval Base" a i ʻole "Naval Shipyard". ʻO nā moku o kēia ʻano i manaʻo ʻia e holo ma nā kai e pili ana i ko lākou mau kumu. Ua kūkulu ʻia lākou ma 35 mau hale moku, ma ka ʻāpana moku moku liona, 12 ma ka Hikina, 19 ma ke Komohana Komohana a me 4 ma ka ʻāina ʻo Great Lakes.

Ua hoʻohana ʻia nā moku mua o ka papahana YMS e ka US Navy no ka holoi ʻana i nā mines i waiho ʻia e nā submarines i ka makahiki 1942 ma ke ala kokoke i nā awa o Jacksonville (Florida) a me Charleston (South Carolina). ʻO nā moku YMS-class ka pohō nui loa i ka lā 9 o ʻOkakopa, 1945, i ka wā i pohō ai ʻo 7 o lākou e kahi ʻino ma waho o Okinawa.

Ua hōʻoia ka YMS-class ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻano hana mine action i loko o ka US Navy, e hana ana i nā minesweeping a me nā hana like ʻole i nā moku o nā ʻāina he nui o ka honua no ka hapahā o ke kenekulia. ʻO nā moku āpau 481 o kēia ʻano like nā ʻano maʻamau. ʻO ka hoʻololi nui wale nō i ka helehelena. He lua kapuahi ko YMS-1–134, ʻo YMS-135–445 a me ka 480 a me ka 481 hoʻokahi kapuahi, a ʻaʻohe o YMS-446–479. I ka wā mua, ua hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻāpana i manaʻo ʻia he kumu, ʻo ia hoʻi. no ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i kaʻu no ka pae ʻana.

I ka makahiki 1947, ua hoʻololi hou ʻia nā moku YMS-class i AMS (Motor Minesweeper), a i ka makahiki 1955 ua kapa hou ʻia lākou i MSC (O), i hoʻololi ʻia i ka makahiki 1967 i MSCO (Ocean Minesweeper). Ua alakaʻi kēia mau ʻāpana i ka pale ʻana iaʻu ma Korea ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana nui o ka pūʻali hana mine. A hiki i ka makahiki 1960, ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia nā mea mālama moku ma kēia mau moku. Ua wehe ʻia ka mea hope mai ka papa inoa o nā ʻauwaʻa i Nowemapa 1969. USS Ruff (MSCO 54), ʻo YMS-327 mua.

YMS Pelekania

Ua kauoha ka US Navy e hoʻoneʻe ʻia i 1 mau moku papa YMS i UK ma lalo o ka papahana Lend-Lease. Ma ka papa inoa o nā moku US Navy, ua koho ʻia lākou "British Motor Minesweeper" (BYMS) a ua helu ʻia ʻo 80 a 1. I ka wā i hoʻoili ʻia ai i UK BYMS-80 i BYMS-2001, hāʻawi ʻia lākou i nā helu BYMS‑2080 i BYMS‑XNUMX . Ua like ko lakou ano nui me ko lakou mau hoa o Amerika.