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DD-461 / DMS-24 Forrest


Bristol Class Destroyer: Laid down at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Mass; Launched 14 June 1941; Commissioned USS Forrest (DD-461), 13 January 1942; Reclassified and converted to High Speed Minesweeper (DMS-24) 15 November 1944; Decommissioned 30 November 1945; Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Final Disposition, sold for scrapping 20 November 1946.

Specifications: Displacement 1,630 t.(lt), 2,200 t.(fl); Length 348' 4"; Beam 36' 1" ; Draft 15' 8"; Speed 38 kts; Complement 208; 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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