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DD-347 / DM-22 / AG-101 Pruitt



DM-22 call sign:
November - Uniform - Bravo - Quebec



Clemson Class Destroyer / Tracy Class Light Minelayer: Laid down, 25 June 1919 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine; Launched, 2 August 1920; Commissioned USS Pruitt (DD-347), 2 September 1920 ; Redesignated a Light Mine Layer DM-22, 30 June 1937; Redesignated a Miscellaneous Auxiliary AG-101, 5 June 1945; Decommissioned, 18 October 1945 at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA; Struck from the Naval Register, 5 December 1945; Scrapped at Philadelphia Navy Yard. Pruitt earned three battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 1,190 t(lt) , 1,308 t(fl).; Length 314' 4"; Beam 30' 10"; Draft 9' 10"; Speed 35.8 kts; Complement 132; Armament four 4"/50s, one single 3"/23 gun mount, two dct; Propulsion, four Normand boilers, two Parsons geared turbines, 27,000 shp at 35 kts.
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Pruitt 54k USS Pruitt (DM-22) leads landing craft from USS Heywood (APA-6) toward their landing beaches in Massacre Bay, Attu, on the first day of the invasion, 11 May 1943. Pruitt used her radar and searchlight to guide the boats nine miles through the fog. The searchlight beam is faintly visible pointing aft from atop her pilothouse.
Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute Photo Collection.
Collection of James C. Fahey.

US Navy Photo NH 78232
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NavSource Destroyer Pages, USS Pruitt (DD-347)
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