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DD-771 / DM-32 / MMD-32 Lindsey


Allen M. Sumner Class Destroyer / Robert H. Smith Class Light Minelayer: Laid down, 12 September 1943 as Lindsey (DD-771) by the Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, CA.; Launched, 5 May 1944; Reclassified a Light Minelayer DM-32, 19 July 1944; Commissioned USS Lindsey (DM-32), 20 August 1944; Decommissioned, 26 May 1946 at Charleston, SC; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Philadelphia Group; Reclassified as a Fast Minelayer MMD-32, 1 January 1969; Struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1970; Disposed of as a target, 1 May 1972.

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 Babcock and Wilcox boilers, two General Electric Corp. geared turbines, 60,000 shp at 36.5kts, two shafts, range 3,300 nm at 20kts.
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Lindsey 73k H. G. Nelson
311 Granby St.
Norfolk 10, VA.
Official U.S. Navy Photo
John N. Egeland, Jr.
Lindsey 132k The Lindsey was hit while leading a mine sweeping unit off Okinawa by two Kamikazes on 12 April 1945. She made it back to the states and with a new bow she rejoined the fleet Bob Daly/PC-1181
Lindsey 110k Extensive damage suffered by Lindsey to her forward hull and superstructure, The result of two Kamikaze striking the ship off Okinawa 12 April 1945. The photograph was taken at Kerama Retto anchorage 14 April 1945
US Navy Photo 80-G-330108
Naval Historical Center

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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 Lindsey (DD-771)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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