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USS EMMONS (DD-457 / DMS-22)

CLASS - GLEAVES As Built.
Displacement 2395 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 348' 4"(oa) x 36' 1" x 13' 2" (Max)
Armament 4 x 5"/38AA, 6 x 0.5" MG, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 50,000 SHP; Westinghouse Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 12 Knots, Crew 208.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bath Iron Works, Bath ME. November 14 1940.
Launched August 23 1941 and commissioned December 5 1941.
Converted to High Speed Minesweeper DMS-22 November 15 1944.
Fate Sunk by Japanese Kamikaze Aircraft off Okinawa April 6 1945.
60 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty.
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Emmons 42kGeorge Foster Emmons, born 23 August 1811 in Clarendon, Vt., began his distinguished career as a midshipman I April 1828. As a lieutenant in Peacock he participated in the Wilkes Exploring Expedition of 1838-42, which discovered the Antarctic Continent, and throughout the south seas. He was assigned command of the expedition's overland party conducting surveys and exploration from Puget Sound south to San Francisco. He served with great honor in the Mexican and Civil Wars. As a Rear Admiral, he commanded the Philadelphia Navy Yard until his retirement in 1873. Rear Admiral Emmons died in Princeton, N.J., 23 July 1884. Photo from the Alaska State Library.Bill Gonyo
Emmons 82kArtist's conception of the Emmons as she appeared in World War II by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.Navy Yard Associates
Emmons 93kNovember 1 1943, location unknown.Captain Jerry Mason USN
Emmons 48kNovember 1943, location unknown. Note rounded funnels & single torpedo tubes mounted between funnels.Robert Hurst
USS EMMONS DD-457 / DMS-22 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Edwin Hoffman
Address: 133 Brambleton Rd., Winston-Salem, NC 27127
Phone: (336)764-4933
E-mail: ShirleyandELHjr@webtv.net

Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource Minesweeper Pages, USS Emmons (DMS-22)
Benson-Livermore Class Destroyers Website
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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