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DM-18 Breese
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 | 1918/10/23 | 1946/05/16
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| Namesake: Cap Kidder Randolph Breese *1831/04/14, + 1881/09/13 served in Mississippi, flagship of Commodore Perry, during the expedition to Japan (1854-55) and as captain of Black Hawk, flagship of Admiral Porter's Mississippi Squadron, during the Civil War | |||||
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| Camouflage: 42: Ms 22 | |||||
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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 | 44/10/10 | central Pacific | 66 | ||
| 42/06/07 | at sea - embark 84 Yorktown survivors for transport to P.H. | 85 | |||
| 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 | ||
| 42/09/30 | damaged in collision with San Francisco - New Hebrides (15-39S, 167-39E) | 85 | |||
| 43/01 | escort AV Pocomoke from P.H. to Fiji | 66 | |||
| 43/05/01 | 43/05/13 | Solomons - minesweeping | 66 | ||
| 43/05/06 | 36.5 | lay mines in Blackett Strait | 66 85 | ||
| 43/05/13 | mining Kula Gulf | ||||
| 43/05/19 | 43/06/02 | Efate | 88 | ||
| 43/06/07 | 43/06/18 | 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 | ||
| 43/06/29 | 43/08/25 | New Georgia, Rendova Is., Vangunu - minesweeping | 66 | ||
| 43/08/22 | 43/08/30 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/10/28 | 43/10/31 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 43/11/01 | 43/11/08 | Shoe2 | 31/MineRon1 | Cape Torokina - minesweeping | 66 |
| 43/11/07 | 43/11/07 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 43/11/27 | 43/11/27 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/11/29 | 43/11/29 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 44/10/12 | 44/10/24 | King2 | 77.5 | Leyte - minesweeping | 66 |
| 45/01/02 | 45/01/18 | Mike1 | 77.6 | Lingayen Gulf - minesweeping | 66 |
| 45/02/16 | 45/03/07 | Detach | 66 | ||
| 45/03/25 | 45/05/28 | Iceber | 52 | 66 | |
| 45/05/28 | 45/06/30 | Iceber | 32 | 66 | |
| 45/07/05 | 45/07/31 | off Japan | 66 | ||
| 45/08 | 45/09 | East China Sea, Kjushu-Korean area | 66 | ||