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- Destroyer_minesweeper abstract "Destroyer minesweeper was a designation given by the United States Navy to a series of destroyers that were converted into high-speed ocean-going minesweepers for service during World War II. The hull number for such a ship began "DMS". Forty-two ships were so converted, beginning with the USS Dorsey (DD-117), converted to DMS 1 in late 1940, and ending with the USS Earle (DD-635), converted to DMS-42 in mid 1945. The type is now obsolete, its function having been taken over by purpose-built ships, designated as "minesweeper (high-speed)" with hull numbers beginning MMD.The original ships were obsolete four-stack destroyers built during and after World War I with usable power plants. The number 4 boiler, fourth stack, and torpedo tubes were removed, depth charge racks repositioned forward from the stern and angled outboard, and the stern modified to support sweep gear: davits, winch, paravanes, and kites. Two 60-kilowatt turbo-generators replaced the three original 25-kilowatt generators to improve capability for sweeping magnetic and acoustic mines.Conversion of the initial seventeen ships was completed in October and November 1940, and included eight Wickes class and nine Clemson-class destroyers. An additional Wickes-class destroyer was converted in 1941. The fictional USS Caine from Herman Wouk's novel The Caine Mutiny was a converted Clemson-class ship. The 24 later ships in the series were Gleaves-class destroyers built during the war.".
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageExternalLink ships.php.
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- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageLength "2084".
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageOutDegree "23".
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageRevisionID "650567553".
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink Acoustic_signature.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink Category:Minesweepers.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ship_types.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink Clemson-class_destroyer.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink Clemson_class_destroyer.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink Davit.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink Depth_charge.
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- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink Gleaves-class_destroyer.
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- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink Herman_Wouk.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink Hull_number.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink Kite.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink List_of_mine_warfare_vessels_of_the_United_States_Navy.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink Magnetic.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink Magnetism.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink Minesweeper.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink Minesweeper_(ship).
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink Naval_mine.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink Paravane_(weapon).
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink The_Caine_Mutiny.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink USS_Caine.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink United_States_Navy.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink Wickes-class_destroyer.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink Wickes_class_destroyer.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink Winch.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink World_War_I.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLink World_War_II.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLinkText "DMS minesweeper".
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLinkText "DMS".
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLinkText "Destroyer minesweeper".
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageWikiLinkText "destroyer minesweeper".
- Destroyer_minesweeper hasPhotoCollection Destroyer_minesweeper.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Navy-stub.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:USS.
- Destroyer_minesweeper wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Warship_types_of_the_19th_&_20th_centuries.
- Destroyer_minesweeper subject Category:Minesweepers.
- Destroyer_minesweeper subject Category:Ship_types.
- Destroyer_minesweeper hypernym Designation.
- Destroyer_minesweeper type Place.
- Destroyer_minesweeper type Ship.
- Destroyer_minesweeper type Type.
- Destroyer_minesweeper type Ship.
- Destroyer_minesweeper type Type.
- Destroyer_minesweeper type Vessel.
- Destroyer_minesweeper comment "Destroyer minesweeper was a designation given by the United States Navy to a series of destroyers that were converted into high-speed ocean-going minesweepers for service during World War II. The hull number for such a ship began "DMS". Forty-two ships were so converted, beginning with the USS Dorsey (DD-117), converted to DMS 1 in late 1940, and ending with the USS Earle (DD-635), converted to DMS-42 in mid 1945.".
- Destroyer_minesweeper label "Destroyer minesweeper".
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