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Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
DMS-15 USS Wasmuth
- Fast Minesweeper:
- Displacement: 1,880 tons
- Length: 314'4"
- Beam: 30'8"
- Draft: 13'6"
- Speed: 35 knots
- Armament: 3 3"/50 DP, 1x2 40mm, 5 20mm
- Complement: 149
- Geared turbine engines, twin screws, 24,000 shaft h.p.
- Built at Bethlehem, San Francisco, and commissioned 1921
- Converted from Clemson Class destroyer, 1940
: High seas of Umnak (Aleutians) swept two depth charges loose,
exploding under the keel and breaking her in two, 29 December 42
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Last updated:
17 September 2002