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DD-493 / DMS-33 Carmick
Bristol Class Destroyer: Laid down at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, WA; Launched, 8 March 1942; Commissioned USS Carmick (DD-493), 28 December 1942; Reclassified and converted to High Speed Minesweeper DMS-33, 23 June 1945; Placed out of commission, in reserve, 13 February 1954; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; Reclassified Destroyer DD-493, 15 July 1955; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). Fate unknown.
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 steam turbines, two shafts.
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Association of Minemen Web Site |
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c. Early 1950s. |
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Off Songjin, Korea. c. January 1953. |
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Off Yang-do Island, Songjin, Korea. c. January 1953. |
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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource DD Pages, USS Carmick (DD-493)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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