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...

applied to a vessel that combines both roles. List of minesweeper classes Demining Destroyer minesweeper List of mine warfare vessels of the United States...

smaller ships, Destroyers, Destroyer Escorts, and Destroyer/Minesweepers. One might also note, that though the Destroyer/Minesweepers (DMS) and likely...

supported by a fleet consisting of 18 battleships, 27 cruisers, 177 destroyers/destroyer escorts, 39 aircraft carriers (11 fleet carriers, 6 light carriers...

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...

space allowed. Twenty-four Gleaves-class ships were converted to destroyer minesweepers (DMS-19 through DMS-42) in 1944 and 1945. Twelve Atlantic Fleet...

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...

A guided-missile destroyer (DDG) is a destroyer whose primary armament is guided missiles so they can provide anti-aircraft warfare screening for the fleet...

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,...

P. Whitemarsh in Terror Destroyer Minesweeper Group (Task Group 52.3) Capt. R.A. Larkin 13 fast minesweepers (ex-destroyers): Forrest, Hobson, Macomb...