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DD-750 / DM-30 / MMD-30 Shea


Robert H Smith Light Mine Layer: Laid down, 23 December 1943 as Shea (DD-750), an Allen M Sumner Class Destroyer, at Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, NY; Launched, 20 May 1944; Redesignated a Light Mine Layer (DM), 20 July 1944; Commissioned USS Shea (DM-30), 30 September 1944 at New York Navy Yard; Placed Out-of-Commission-in-Reserve, 9 April 1958; ; Redesignated Fast Minesweeper (MMD-30), 1 January 1969; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1973; Sold for scrapping, 1 September 1974 by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service. Shea earned one battle star for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 2,380 t.(lt) , 3370 t.(fl); Length 376' 6"; Beam 40' 10" ; Draft 18' 10"; Speed 34kts; Complement 363; Armament three twin 5"/38 Duel Purpose gun mounts, six twin 40mm gun mounts, eleven 20mm guns, two .50 cal. machine guns, two dct, four dcp; Propulsion, four Babcocks and Wilcox boilers, two GEC geared turbines, 60,000SHP at 36.5kts, two shafts, two propellers, Range 3,300 nm at 20kts.
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Shea 69k - -
Thomas E Fraser 35k Shannon (DM-25)
Harry F. Bauer (DM-26)
Thomas E. Fraser (DM-24)

Shea (DM-30)
USS Thomas E. Fraser (DM 24)
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Shea 56k - -
Shea 58k - -

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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 Destroyer Pages, USS Shea (DD-750)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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