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USS PALMER (DD-161 / DMS-5)

CLASS - WICKES (LITTLE)
Built to a different set of plans (Bethlehem) than the Wickes (Bath) the Little versions were
considered less successful than the Bath designed ships, with few remaining in service past 1936.
Displacement 1,154 Tons, Dimensions, 314' 5" (oa) x 31' 8" x 9' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 2 x 1pdr AA (1 x 3"/23AA In Some Ships), 12 x 21" tt..
Machinery, 24,200 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Crew 103.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Fore River, Quincy on May 28 1918.
Launched August 18 1918 and commissioned November 22 1918.
Decommissioned May 31 1922, Recommissioned August 7 1940.
Reclassified High Speed Minesweeper DMS-5 November 19 1940.
Fate Sunk by Japanese Aircraft in Lingayen Gulf January 7 1945.
28 of her crew were lost and remain on duty.
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Palmer 59kJames Shedden Palmer, born in 1810 in New Jersey, was appointed Midshipman 1 January 1825. He commanded Flirt during the Mexican War, and Iroquois and Hartford during the Civil War. He commanded the Naval Station at New Orleans and the West Gulf Squadron during 1864. Appointed to command the West Indian Squadron in 1865, he was commissioned Rear Admiral 25 July 1866 and died 7 December 1867 at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Photo: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.Bill Gonyo
Palmer 128kUSS Palmer (Destroyer # 161) Underway at high speed, probably during her trials, circa late 1918. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Palmer 95kUSS Palmer (Destroyer # 161, later DD-161) photographed from the air while underway, circa 1919-1921. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
Palmer 92kUSS Palmer (Destroyer # 161) Underway, 26 February 1919. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Palmer 80kUSS Palmer (Destroyer # 161) At Boston, Massachusetts, 12 April 1919. The bow of USS Cowell (DD-167) is at right. Panogramic photograph by J. Crosby, Naval Photographer, # 11 Portland Street, Boston. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Palmer 76kUSS Palmer (Destroyer # 161) In a harbor, circa 1919. Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Palmer 98kDestroyers laid up in reserve at San Diego, California, probably in 1922 or shortly thereafter. The ships nearest the camera are: USS Palmer (DD-161) in left centre; USS Crane (DD-109) in right centre and USS Stansbury (DD-180) at right. Courtesy of ESKC Joseph L. Aguillard, USNR, 1969 (Photo No NH 69513).Robert Hurst
Palmer 97kUndated National Archive photo as DMS-5Everett N. Schrader SoM1/c, USS Ira Jeffery DE 63
USS PALMER DD-161 / DMS-15 History
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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource Minesweeper Pages, USS Palmer (DMS-5)
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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