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Lindsey (MMD 32)
ex-DM-32
ex-DD-771



Call sign:
November - Hotel - Juliet - Whiskey
Allen M. Sumner Class Destroyer/Robert H. Smith Class Light Minelayer: Laid down, 12 September 1943 as Lindsey (DD-771) by the Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, CA.; Launched, 5 May 1944; Reclassified as a Light Minelayer, DM-32, 19 July 1944; Commissioned USS Lindsey (DM-32), 20 August 1944; Decommissioned, 26 May 1946 at Charleston, SC; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Philadelphia Group; Reclassified as a Fast Minelayer, MMD-32, 1 January 1969; Struck from the Navy Register 1 October 1970; Disposed of as a target, 1 May 1972.

Specifications: Displacement 2,380 t.(lt) , 3370 t.(fl); Length 376' 6"; Beam 40' 10" ; Draft 18' 10"; Speed 34 kts.; 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 Babcock and Wilcox boilers, two General Electric Corp. geared turbines, 60,000 shp at 36.5 kts., two shafts, range 3,300 nm at 20 kts.
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Lindsey 92k Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Eugene E. Lindsey, USN (1905-1942). Photographed circa 1929. He completed flight training in that year.
Naval Historical Center photo NH 84903		 Bill Gonyo
Lindsey 73k H. G. Nelson
311 Granby St.
Norfolk 10, VA.
U.S. Navy photo		 John N. Egeland, Jr.
Lindsey 250k 2 September 1944
Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, CA
Port mine track and gear completion
U.S. Navy photo		 Pieter Bakels
Lindsey 93k 2 September 1944
Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, CA
Topside view of completion
U.S. Navy photo		 Pieter Bakels
Lindsey 109k 2 September 1944
Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, CA
Topside view of completion
U.S. Navy photo		 Pieter Bakels
Lindsey 83k 2 September 1944
Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, CA
Topside view of completion
U.S. Navy photo		 Pieter Bakels
Lindsey 92k 5 September 1944
Off San Pedro, CA
National Archives photo 19-N-73159		 Joe Radigan
Lindsey 132k The Lindsey was hit while leading a mine sweeping unit off Okinawa by two Kamikazes on 12 April 1945. She made it back to the states and with a new bow she rejoined the fleet Bob Daly/PC-1181
Lindsey 110k Extensive damage suffered by Lindsey to her forward hull and superstructure, The result of two Kamikaze striking the ship off Okinawa 12 April 1945. The photograph was taken at Kerama Retto anchorage 14 April 1945
National Archives photo 80-G-330108		 Naval Historical Center
Lindsey 129k Crew of one of the ship's port forward 20mm guns pose by their weapon, at Guam, circa 16 June 1945. They had stuck to their post until knocked off their feet by the force of a second explosion, when Lindsey was struck by two Kamikaze planes off Okinawa on 12 April 1945. Note severely damaged plating in the vicinity. The men are (left to right): CM3c Edwin K. Kayden; GM3c Balanor Easebio; Y2c Chester F. Fluharty; S1c Fred M. Gorges; S1c Robert F. Zelenka.
National Archives photo 80-G-344369 in the Naval Historical Center		 Bill Gonyo
View the Lindsey (DM 32)
DANFS history entry located on the Naval Historical Center web site.
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource Destroyer Pages, USS Lindsey (DD-771)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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