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Carmick (DD 493)
ex-DMS-33
ex-DD-493

Bristol Class Destroyer/Ellyson Class Highspeed Minesweeper: Laid down 29 May 1941 at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, WA; Launched, 8 March 1942; Commissioned USS Carmick (DD-493), 28 December 1942; Reclassified and converted to a Highspeed Minesweeper, DMS-33, 23 June 1945; Placed out of commission, in reserve, 13 February 1954; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; Reclassified back to a Destroyer, DD-493, 15 July 1955; Struck from the Naval Register 1 July 1971; Sold for scrap 7 August 1972.

Specifications: Displacement 1,630 t.(lt), 2,200 t.(fl); Length 348' 4"; Beam 36' 1" ; Draft 13' 5"; Speed 35 kts; Complement 208; Armament four single 5"/38 gun mounts, four 40mm, five 20mm, six dcp, two dct; Propulsion four boilers, two General Electric geared turbines, two shafts.

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Carmick 127k - Association of Minemen Web Site
Carmick 80k c. Early 1950s. Marc Piché
Carmick 173k U.S. Navy photo from the September 1952 edition of All Hands magazine Joe Radigan
Carmick 99k c. January 1953
Off Songjin, Korea.		 Wayne Schafer
Carmick 86k c. January 1953
Off Yang-do Island, Songjin, Korea		 Wayne Schafer
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DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
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NavSource DD Pages, USS Carmick (DD-493)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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