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DD-489 / DMS-31 Mervine


Gleaves Class Destroyer: Laid down 3 November 1941 at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corp., Kearny NJ: Launched 3 May 1942; Commissioned USS Mervine (DD-489), 17 June 1942; Reclassified and converted to High Speed Minesweeper (DMS-31) 30 May 1945; Decommissioned 27 May 1949 at San Diego CA; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group; Reclassified Destroyer (DD-489), 15 July 1955; Struck from the Naval Register 31 July 1968; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping 1969.

Specifications: Displacement 1,630 t.(lt), 2,200 t.(fl); Length 347' 10"; Beam 36' 1" ; Draft 15' 8"; Speed 37 kts; Complement 272; Armament 4 single 5"/38 gun mounts, four 40mm, five 20mm, six dcp, two dct; Propulsion, 4 boilers, 2 steam turbines, 2 two shafts, two propellers.
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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 DD Pages, USS Mervine (DD-489)
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen
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