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... 28 KB (3,269 words) - 14:47, 4 April 2024 |
Wouk. The novel grew out of Wouk's personal experiences aboard two destroyer-minesweepers in the Pacific Theater in World War II. Among its themes, it deals... 24 KB (3,023 words) - 23:17, 18 April 2024 |
smaller ships, Destroyers, Destroyer Escorts, and Destroyer/Minesweepers. One might also note, that though the Destroyer/Minesweepers (DMS) and likely... 94 KB (11,966 words) - 12:38, 16 January 2024 |
space allowed. Twenty-four Gleaves-class ships were converted to destroyer minesweepers (DMS-19 through DMS-42) in 1944 and 1945. Twelve Atlantic Fleet... 33 KB (1,771 words) - 18:02, 11 August 2023 |
II, the film depicts the events on board a fictitious U.S. Navy destroyer-minesweeper and the subsequent court-martial of its executive officer for mutiny... 34 KB (3,909 words) - 01:54, 20 April 2024 |
USS Zane (category Clemson-class destroyers) novel is influenced by his experiences as Executive Officer on the Destroyer/Minesweeper USS Southard after she ran aground at Okinawa due to a typhoon,... 26 KB (3,643 words) - 07:26, 17 November 2023 |
P. Whitemarsh in Terror Destroyer Minesweeper Group (Task Group 52.3) Capt. R.A. Larkin 13 fast minesweepers (ex-destroyers): Forrest, Hobson, Macomb... 90 KB (5,897 words) - 16:02, 2 November 2023 |