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DD-458 / DMS-23 Macomb


Gleaves Class Destroyer: Laid down 3 September 1940 at Bath Iron Works, Corp, Bath Maine; Launched 23 September 1941; Commissioned USS Macomb (DD-458), 28 January 1942; Reclassified and converted to High Speed Minesweeper (DMS-23) 15 November 1944; Decommissioned and transferred to Japan, 19 October 1954, renamed Hatakaze (DD-182); Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); final Disposition, unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,630 t.(lt), 2,200 t.(fl); Length 347' 10"; Beam 36' 1" ; Draft 15' 8"; Speed 37 kts; Complement 272; Armament 4 single 5"/38 gun mounts, four 40mm, five 20mm, six dcp, two dct; Propulsion, 4 boilers, 2 steam turbines, 2 two shafts, two propellers.
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Macomb 67k c. 1945. EMCS James Diamond
Macomb 62k c. 1946-1947. EMCS James Diamond
Macomb 66k c. 1952-1953. EMCS James Diamond
Macomb 39k c. 1953. James Young RM2 USN / EMCS James Diamond

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