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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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Size Image Description Source
Carmick 127k - Association of Minemen Web Site
Carmick 80k c. Early 1950s. Marc Piché
Carmick 99k Off Songjin, Korea. c. January 1953. Wayne Schafer
Carmick 86k Off Yang-do Island, Songjin, Korea. c. January 1953. Wayne Schafer

View the Carmick (DMS-33)
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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource DD Pages, USS Carmick (DD-493)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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