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DD-737 / DM-25 / MMD-25 Shannon


Robert H Smith Light Mine Layer: Laid down 14 February 1944 at Bath Iron Works, Bath Maine as Shannon (DD-737), an Allen M Sumner Class Destroyer; Launched 24 June 1944; Redesignated a Light Mine Layer (DM-25) 19 July 1944; Commissioned USS Shannon (DM-25), 8 Septembere 1944; Decommissioned 7 July 1955 at Charleston SC; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Charleston Group; Reclassified (MMD-25) Fast Minesweeper, 14 August 1968; Struck from the Naval Register 1 November 1970; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping May 1973 by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore MD.

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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Shannon 96k Shannon (DM-25) steams past task forces gathering
for the Okinawa Operation, c. March 1945. Location is
probably Ulithi Atoll. Ships in the near background include
Flint (CL-97), in left center, and Miami (CL-89), at right. Three
Essex class aircraft carriers are anchored in the middle distance.
Enterprise (CV-6) is at the far left.
US Navy photo (80-G-K-3816)
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Thomas E Fraser 35k Shannon (DM-25)
Bauer (DM-26)
Fraser (DM-24)
Shea (DM-30)
USS Thomas E Fraser (DM24)
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Reunions Magazine
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource Destroyer Pages, USS Shannon (DD-737)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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