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DD-457 / DMS-22 Emmons


Benson Class Destroyer: Laid down at Bath Iron Works, Corp, Bath Maine; Launched 23 August 1941; Commissioned USS Emmons (DD-457), 5 December 1941; Reclassified and converted to High Speed Minesweeper DMS-22 15 November 1944; Lost to enemy action off Okinawa, 6 April 1945; Sunk, 7 April 1944 to prevent her from falling into hands; Struck from the Naval Register, 28 April 1945. Emmons received a Navy Unit Commendation and four battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 1,630 t.(lt), 2,200 t.(fl); Length 347' 10"; Beam 36' 1" ; Draft 15' 8"; Speed 37 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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