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Robert H. Smith (MMD 23)
ex-DM-23
ex-DD-735

Allen M. Sumner Class Destroyer/Robert H. Smith Light Minelayer: Laid down 10 January 1944 as DD-735 by the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; Launched 25 May 1944; Reclassified as a Light Minelayer, DM-23, 19 July 1944; Delivered and commissioned USS Robert H. Smith (DM-23), 4 August 1944; Decommissioned 29 January 1947 at San Francisco, CA; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group; Reclassified as a Fast Minelayer,
MMD-23, 1 January 1969; Struck from the Navy Register 26 February 1971; Sold for scrap 1 November 1973 by the Defense Reutilization and
Marketing Service.

Specifications: Displacement 2,380 t.(lt) , 3370 t.(fl); Length 376' 6"; Beam 40' 10" ; Draft 18' 10"; Speed 34kts; Complement 363; Armament three twin 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts, six twin 40mm gun mounts, eleven 20mm guns, two .50 cal. machine guns, two dct, four dcp; Propulsion, four Babcocks and Wilcox boilers, two GEC geared turbines, 60,000SHP at 36.5kts, two shafts, two propellers, Range 3,300 nm at 20kts.

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Robert H Smith 284k Aft plan view of Robert H. Smith at Mare Island on 27 June 1946. She was under going repairs at the yard from 30 April to 1
July 1946.
U.S. Navy photo 2222-46		 Darryl Baker
Robert H Smith 266k Forward plan view of Robert H. Smith at Mare Island on 27 June 1946.
U.S. Navy photo 2223-46		 Darryl Baker
View the Robert H. Smith (DM-23)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource Destroyer Pages, USS Robert H Smith (DD-735)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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