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DD-490 / DMS-32 Quick


Gleaves Class Destroyer: Laid down, 3 November 1941 at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corp., Kearny, NJ: Launched, 3 May 1942; Commissioned USS Quick (DD-490), 3 July 1942; Reclassified and converted to a High Speed Minesweeper DMS-32, 23 June 1945; Decommissioned, 28 May 1949; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; Reclassified as a Destroyer DD-490, 15 July 1955; Struck from the Naval Register, 15 June 1971; Sold for scrapping, 1 September 1973 by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service.

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, four boilers, two steam turbines, two shafts, two propellers.
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Quick 88k Shanghai, China Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
Quick 180k Ships Officers Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
Quick 71k San Diego, early post-war Marc Piché

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DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site. The main archive for the DANFS Online Project.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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NavSource DD Pages, USS Quick (DD-490)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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