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DM-15 Gamble
United States Navy destroyer minelayer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| flushdeck - | . . Newport News Shipb. & Dry Dock Co., Newp. News | 1918/05/11 | 1918/11/29 | 1945/07/16
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| Camouflage: 44: Ms 32/?? | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41/12/07 | BatForPac/MineRon1/MineDiv2 | P.H. | 114 | ||
| 41/12/07 | attacking Thresher off Oahu (21-15N, 159-01W) | 85 | |||
| 42/02/ | escort convoy P.H. > Pogo Pogo, Samoa | 66 | |||
| 42/03 | lay protective minefield off Tatuila | 66 | |||
| 42/04/07 | 42/04/15 | lay protective minefield in Nandi waters | 66 | ||
| 42/06 | escort convoy P.H. > Midway | 66 | |||
| 42/07 | lay minefield off entrance to Second Channel, Espiritu Santo | 66 | |||
| 42/07/23 | 42/07/30 | sail P.H. > Suva Is, Fiji | 66 | ||
| 42/08/03 | MineDiv2 | lay defensive minefield W of Segond Channel, Esp. Santo | 85 | ||
| 42/08/28 | ASpatr - sinking I-123 SE of Savo Is (09-21S, 160-43E) | 85 | |||
| 42/08/29 | lifeguard crew from VT-8 off Nura Is | ||||
| 42/08/31 | 42/09/05 | Guadalcanal | 66 | ||
| 42/09/05 | 42/09/1? | escort AP William Ward Burrow from Guadalcanal to Esp. Santo | 66 | ||
| 42/10 | 43/05 | ||||
| 42/12/20 | lay mines off Esp. Santo | 85 | |||
| 43/05/06 | 36.5 | lay mines in Blackett Strait | 66 85 | ||
| 43/05/15 | mining Kula Gulf | ||||
| 43/05/20 | 43/05/21 | Efate | 88 | ||
| 43/06/24 | 43/06/27 | Efate | 88 | ||
| 43/06/26 | 43/06/29 | Toena | 36.2 | ||
| 43/06/29 | Toena | 36.2 | mining Shortland Harbor | ||
| 43/07 | 43/09/20 | California - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 43/10/21 | 43/10/24 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/10/29 | 43/10/31 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 43/11/01 | 43/11/02 | Shoe2 | 31/MineRon1 | land Cape Torokina | 66 |
| 43/11/07 | 43/11/08 | Bougainville Strait | 66 | ||
| 43/11/07 | 43/11/07 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 43/11/23 | 43/11/24 | Florida Is., Tulagi | 66 | ||
| 43/11/30 | 43/12/01 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/12 | 44/10 | Solomons - escort duty | 66 | ||
| 44/10/12 | 45/01/07 | San Diego - overhaul, refresher training | 66 | ||
| 45/01/07 | 45/02/17 | sail San Diego > P.H. > Marshalls > Iwojima | 66 | ||
| 45/02/17 | 45/02/19 | Detach | 66 | ||
| 45/02/18 | Detach | disable(kami) off Iwojima (24-55N, 141-08E) - 5 KIA, 1 MIA, 8 WIA | 66 85 | ||
| 45/02/19 | 45/02/24 | towed (Dorsey) Iwojima > Saipan | 66 | ||
| 45/02/24 | 45/07/16 | Saipan | 66 | ||
| 45/07/16 | sunk(scuttled) outside Apra Harbor, Saipan | 66 | |||